The importation of bulb onion is gradually reducing as farmers in Port Loko and Koinadugu districts are ensuring that locally produced onion varieties are being properly processed, thanks to the provision of bulb onion curing machines provided by IFAD through the RPSF...
Following the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, household income from groundnut production remains quite helpful to farmers in the Karene district and the Western Area Rural. Bagging for sale/Karene District Through the Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF), over 600...
As part of an inclusive package to support farmers, the project has conducted five days of effective Training of Trainers on the Gender Action Learning System (GALS), Financial Action learning system (FALS), and Nutrition sensitive education for oil palm youth...
Rice cultivation is very crucial in boosting the gross domestic product (GDP) of Sierra Leone especially when the country is a high importer of rice, a staple food that cost over $200 million annually. This is why AVDP is supporting the farmers with the necessary...
Cross-section of AVDP staff met with the new AVDP-IFAD Country Programme Manager (Pascaline Barakeba) on the 19th May 2022, at FAO Office, Signal Road, Freetown to familiarise and say farewell to the outgoing CPM (Ann...
Head-counting of Oil palm and verification of Beneficiary list ongoing in the South. The percentage survival rate of Oil palm seedlings at the nurseries visited so far in Bonthe and Moyamba districts is very encouraging as it shows an average of...
