His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio upon receiving the Executive Board of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has disclosed plans of doubling efforts in the agriculture and productive sectors.
Stating more growth in the sector he however did not fail to admit to the current crisis.
IFAD visit to the country is to take stock of their interventions in the sector.
Presenting the team, from the largest and most active donor in Sierra Leone’s agricultural sector, Minister of Agriculture, Abubakarr Karim, said the visitors had been to some parts of the country in the few days to engage different partners and to also see how their funds were being utilised.
He noted that this was their first such visit but IFAD’s investments in the sector were aligned with the government’s initiative to prioritise agriculture, adding that as donors they had also ensured reliable and sustainable access to funding by farmers in the country.
Spokesperson for the delegation, Dr Yaya Olaniran, disclosed that they had fruitful exercises, as they had been in the country to see firsthand the impact of their investments in agriculture, adding that those interventions included producers, public-private partnerships and involved more women as producers.
Dr Yaya continued that among many other things they saw the enthusiasm in the school-going children under the President’s Free Quality Education programme, and primised IFAD’s continued support and commitment to the government and people of Sierra Leone.
