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Farmer stories
What changed, where, and by how much. Every story carries the district, the value chain and a measured outcome — because a photograph on its own is not evidence.
7
Stories published
14
Districts
Krio & English
Field interviews
Voices from the Field: High-Yield Oil Palm Restores Hope for 5,000 Households.
Stories from the AVDP IVS rice field:
This isn’t just a story about Inland Valley Swamp (IVS) development; it’s about a family rewriting their future. With the help of AVDP IVS…
With funding from the Government of Sierra Leone, IFAD, OPEC, and the Adaptation Fund, the Agriculture Value Chain Development Programme (AVDP) is revolutionizing smallholder farming by investing in climate-resilient infrastructure and modernizing rice, vegetable, cocoa, and oil palm value chains. Watch how collective investment is creating sustainable growth and food security for rural farmers.
Harvest Season in Full Swing!
It’s yet another season of joy and abundance as IVS rice harvesting continues across our supported communities — over 4,000 hectares cultivated. In every…
AVDP Changing the Lives of Smallholder Farmers.
IFAD Joins UNCT to Launch the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Sierra Leone
The Agriculture Value Chain Development Programme (AVDP) has represented IFAD at the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. The event which took…
Supporting the Feed Salone initiative to enhance agricultural productivity
With funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Agriculture Value Chain Development Programme (AVDP), implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and…
How these are collected
Stories are gathered by district M&E officers during routine field visits, with the farmer's consent recorded in writing. Outcome figures come from the same monitoring system that produces the district ledger, not from the interview itself.
