Sierra Leone partners with IITA to implement food security agenda

To increase research efforts, align with the country’s agricultural agenda, and define collaborative areas in Sierra Leone, IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, led a high-level delegation to meet with President Julius Maada Bio and some members of the Sierra Leone government.

Emphasizing the meeting’s significance to achieving the goal of food sufficiency in Sierra Leone, DG Ehui said that President Bio’s invitation was a welcome development highlighting the strong partnership between IITA and Sierra Leone and their collective commitment to ensuring Sierra Leone’s food security.

President Julius Maada Bio welcomed the IITA team to his office in Freetown, thanking them for accepting his invitation while stressing that agriculture is the foundation of his flagship program, the Feed Salone agenda. He added that while the program has the potential to feed Sierra Leoneans, the country lacked essential elements such as technologies for best practices and improved varieties for increased yield.

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