Sierra Leone Regional Rice Value Chain Development Project (SLRRVDP) Active
Sierra Leone,
31-Dec-2024
Refer Documents
TEND_649687872
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), BADEA and the Government of Sierra Leone
Description
The Government of Sierra Leone has received a loan and a grant in the amount of US$ 34.12 million equivalent from the Islamic Development Bank toward the cost of the Sierra Leone Regional Rice Value Chain Development Project (SLRRVDP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be jointly financed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), BADEA and Government of Sierra Leone.
The main objective of the project is to contribute to reducing the high importation rate of rice and enhance economic growth through improved production and productivity in a sustainable manner, processing, and marketing. The project will also increase vertical and horizontal production by adding new irrigated areas to the existing productive ones and by introducing an array of institutional and technical interventions to increase productivity.
Specifically, the project will:
- Support government’s efforts to substantially increase the production and productivity of rice using the private sector value chain led approach;
- Increase smallholder farmers income and reduce poverty and food insecurity, and thus
- (iii) improve the livelihood of the rural population;
- Create commercial opportunities for targeted rice farmers with the objective to generate access to markets.
The project will include the following four components:
- Raising rice production and productivity;
- Strengthening the Links to Markets
- Fostering Enabling Policy and Institutional Environment; and
- Project Implementation and Coordination Support.
https://www.isdb.org/project-procurement/tenders/2020/gpn/sierra-leone-regional-rice-value-chain-development-project-slrrvdp
Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry