Sustainable Rice Production Project (SRPP)

1. Rice productivity is increased in IVSs in the target districts. 2. The Technical Package on Rice Production (TP-R) is disseminated to FBOs in IVSs throughout the country.

COUNTRY/REC Sierra Leone

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD June 2017 - July 2022

PROJECT SITE Bombali, Kambia, Karene, Port Loko

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of agriculture and forestry (MAF)
2 JICA

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 6,808,447.00 100 6,808,447.00
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 6,808,447.00 - 6,808,447.00
Project Goal

1. Rice productivity is increased in IVSs in the target districts. 2. The Technical Package on Rice Production (TP-R) is disseminated to FBOs in IVSs throughout the country.

Project Objectives

The TP-R is adopted by FBO farmers in IVSs in the target districts.

Project Outputs

The situation of IVS rice farming in the target districts is clarified.

The TP-R is disseminated to FBO farmers in the target districts.

The TP-R is further elaborated so as to realize higher adoption among the FBO farmers.

The TP-R is recognized by　MAF as the recommended rice cultivation techniques for IVSs throughout the country.

Project activities

Field survey

Baseline survey

"Capacity development of extension workers and FBO farmers"

Execution of on-farm trials

Collaboration with other partners

Training in a third country

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmer Based Organization (FBO) farmers
2 Block Extension Supervisors (BESs)
3 Frontline Extension Workers (FEWs)
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system

Project challenges

Existence of “volunteer” extension workers

Difficulty in securing mobility of the extension workers at the field level

Insufficient monitoring on the rollout of the TOT for the nationwide dissemination of the TP-R

Contact (implementing agency)

CARD
Aiah Joseph Thorlie

Contact (implementing partner)

CARD
Ohashi Koji