2025 Sierra Leone Crop Production Survey
AfDB Executive Director Pays Courtesy Call on MAFS
AfDB Executive Director Pays Courtesy Call on Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security The Executive Director of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Elsiddig Mohamed Rahma, has paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) as part of efforts to strengthen cooperation in the implementation of Sierra Leone’s Feed Salone […]
MAFS embarks on 4-day Field tour in the South-East to Assess progress
Minister of Agriculture embarks on 4-day Field tour in the South-east to #Assess progress Yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka, alongside his senior officials and project staff from the Sierra Leone Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster and the Regional Rice Value Chain Project of the Ministry of Agriculture, visited irrigation sites […]
MAFS ended a Five-day Technical Start-Up workshop for the Livestock and Livelihoods
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has ended a Five-day Technical Start-Up workshop for the Livestock and Livelihoods Development Project (LLDP) at Atlantic Hotel, Lumley in Freetown from 26–30 January 2026. This event brought together key stakeholders to finalize the project work plan and align priorities that can benefit smallholder farmers in the livestock […]
MAFS and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
MAFS and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) held an inception meeting this morning at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown to promote soil health as a sustainable approach to reducing production costs and increasing productivity for smallholder farmers in Sierra Leone. The initiative stems from a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between IITA and […]
LLDP Commence 5-Days Technical Start-Up Workshop to Kick-Start Project Implementation
LLDP Commence 5-Days Technical Start-Up Workshop to Kick-Start Project Implementation. Atlantic Lumely Hotel – Freetown, 26 January, 2026 – The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security commenced Technical Start-Up Workshop for the Livestock and Livelihoods Development Project (LLDP). Financed by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), OFID, HEIFER International and the […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, gave Matching Grants
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka, today gave Matching Grants worth approximately US$5.8 million to 62 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in agriculture. The grants are financed under the World Bank–supported Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) and are targeted at women and youth-led enterprises operating within rice, cassava, poultry, and […]
Minister Kpaka Kick-Starts 2026 with Citizen Engagement
Minister Kpaka Kick-Starts 2026 with Citizen Engagement, Hands Over Four Irrigated Greenhouses, Perform symbolic harvest of sweet peppers supported by FSRP and Chinese 14th Phase Agro Tech Facility to Njala University The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka, has officially kick-started the Ministry’s 2026 service delivery agenda. Today he engaged students […]