Overview
The Overall Objective of the Project is to stimulate the sustainable growth of the Sierra Leonean agri-business sector, build inclusive partnerships between value chain (VC) stakeholders at all levels and promote an enabling policy environment.
The Action responds to the growing demand by end consumers in Europe and the USA for organic and Fairtrade-certified premium products from Africa by bringing value-added cocoa products made in Sierra Leone to the domestic and international markets. All of which can generate revenue and create jobs, particularly for talented women and un(der)employed youth.
IFOAM - Organics International is contributing to specific objective # 3: An enabling policy environment boosts sector performance and effectivity along the cocoa VC.
Targeted Outcome:
National organic leadership drives the organic agenda and facilitates the institutional development of the organic sector in Sierra Leone. To capitalise on the growth and niche of the organic market, expertise from IFOAM-Organics International and WHH, alongside the Ministry of Agriculture (MAF) and Njala University, will develop and capacitate the organic leadership at a national level, benefitting improved extension services to farmers and embedding organic agriculture into the future of the agri-business sector in Sierra Leone.
Contact information:
Vladyslav Zhmailo, Senior Policy and Guarantee Coordinator
ogs@ifoam.bio