Bafs Project 2020/2021

by | Mar 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Boosting Agriculture and Food Security (BAFS) project, today handed over three brand new off-road 4WD vehicles to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), to support the Ministry’s actions geared towards increasing domestic food production, thereby improving resilience to COVID-19 shocks in the medium term.
One vehicle will provide support to the Crops Division of MAF in their fight against the Fall Armyworm-a worm with ability to destroy crops, and the other two to the Agricultural Engineering Division & Njala University, in their quest to do a comprehensive soil survey to determine geo-spatial classification of Sierra Leone’s soils for crops suitability. Both projects implemented by the two MAF Divisions and Njala University, are part of a comprehensive plan of actions supported by the European Union.
The European Union is proud to have supported these initiatives that have proved highly effective in empowering and enhancing the capacities and skills of MAF and Njala University. It is hoped that the assets handed over to MAF and Njala University today will not only better equip them to provide effective advisory services to farming communities, but also help them to sustain skills development and learning for the entire agriculture sector workers.

BAFS/PCU CONDUCTS VALIDATION OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR AGRIBUSINESS GRANTEES FINANCED UNDER THE 11TH EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDThe Boosting Agriculture and Food Security/Project Coordination Unit (BAFS/PCU with funding from the EU in Sierra Leone has conducted a validation workshop of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework of the BAFS grantee projects developed by the BAFS/PCU to guide the grantees M&E system. The framework will serve as an effective tool to enhance the quality of Grantee planning and management and also ensure that project inputs, activities, outputs and external factors are proceeding as planned. It is hoped that the framework will enhance the knowledge of grantee organizations on the general and specific contractual conditions and provisions setting out the administrative, financial, legal and technical clauses governing the execution of grants contracts. More information on the EU’s support to the agriculture sector in Sierra Leone can be found on the BAFS website: www.bafs.org.sl and the NAO website www.nao.gov.sl.

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