Agriculture Value chain Development Project (AVDP)
Overall Goal
Improve livelihoods, food security and climate change resilience rural farming households in Sierra Leone.
Project Development Objective
Increase incomes for smallholder farmers through the promotion of agriculture as a business.
Daily Activities
The Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (AVDP) launched an innovative Oil Palm and Cocoa Multi-Stakeholder/ Commodity Value Chain Platform on August 9, 2023, at Albertson in Kenema. The platform was officially launched by AVDP Project Manager Madam Monica Kwame-Greene.
The goal of the platform is to enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and overall growth of the oil palm and cocoa sectors through collaborative efforts. By fostering connections and knowledge exchange, the platform aims to drive positive transformations throughout the agricultural value chain, benefitting the project’s beneficiary farmers and other actors. Read more..
Bidding opportunities
Invitation to Bid for the Construction of Feeder Roads
The AVDP now invites sealed bids from eligible entities (bidders) for the execution and completion of Rehabilitation/Construction of 420Km Feeder Roads in...
Invitation For Bids for the Supply and Delivery of Seed Rice
The AVDP now invites sealed bids from eligible entities (“bidders”) for the Supply and Delivery of 2000 bushels of Seed Rice. The schedule of requirements in...
Vacancy Announcement for the Position of Financial Accountant
The Government of Sierra Leone has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Adaption Fund (AF), and OPEC Fund for...
News
IFAD Joins UNCT to Launch the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Sierra Leone
The Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (AVDP) has represented IFAD at the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. The event...
Supporting the Feed Salone initiative to enhance agricultural productivity
With funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (AVDP), implemented by the...
AVDP Puts Women and Youths at the Pinnacle of Rice Production Amidst the Feed Salone Drive
Women and Youths are believed to constitute over 70% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries like Sierra Leone. However, their voices are mostly...
Climate Smart
Supporting food production amidst COVID-19, the story of the Ever-green Women of Kenema District.
“Climate change is real and is affecting plants, the environment and humans. Therefore, farmers are encouraged to adopt the mitigation strategies to save our ecosystem”.
AVDP SUPPORTS FARMERS TO INCREASE COCOA PRODUCTION
The Government of Sierra Leone and IFAD funded AVDP is ensuring that smallholder farmers are able to increase their income and livelihoods by supporting them to grow and increase cocoa and oil palm production and productivity
TAGS: SUPPORT | TREECROPS | COCOA
Stimulating growth for the Rural Poor Farmers
In line with the Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF) initiative, AVDP is supporting to vegetable growers in Koinadugu, Falaba,Port Loko and Karene and the Western Area Rural districts to embark on especially onion and ground nut production.
TAGS: VEGETABLES | QAERP | SUPPORT
Sierra Leone’s President Assures IFAD Executive Board
On Friday 25 th November 2022, Executive Board members of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) were assured by President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone that though his government during his first term has started a revolution in education, agriculture will not be left behind. He gave this assurance during a courtesy call at the State House by the board members. They were accompanied by the Resident Coordinator Babatunde Ahonsi, IFAD’s Associate Vice President Donald Brown, and other colleagues. The team’s visit, according to the President, will bring added value to the thinking process of the government in terms of addressing food sufficiency and existing gaps in supporting large-scale agriculture. Read more..
IFAD In Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s economy has proved relatively resilient in the face of two major external shocks: the Ebola epidemic of 2014, and a fall in the price of iron ore, a major export. After slumping sharply economic growth has resumed, supported by investments in mining, agriculture and fisheries.
Until the outbreak of Ebola in May 2014, Sierra Leone, a country of 7 million people on the West African seaboard, had one of the highest economic growth rates in the world. After emerging from an 11-year civil war in 2002, the country was rebuilding its governance and economy with the help of international donors. Click to get more information..
About Us
The Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVDP) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry was established on the 16th July, 2019 and will close on the 31st March,2026. The national wide project implementation will span for a period of six (6) years.
AVDP and COVID-19
