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The agribusiness sector has a crucial role in the economy of Sierra Leone but is facing lot of challenges, which can be tackled by providing capacity building and training opportunities to local farmers to flourish sustainable agriculture development more rapidly. Keeping this in view the chamber was established to foster the significance of capacity building/ training for the farming community. Training has key role to make the farmers equipped with skills and competencies for crop production and protection to raise their household income and alleviate food security.

SLeCAD Successfully Accomplished Good Agricultural Practices (Gap) Training For 600 Cashew Farmers In Bombali And Portloko, Karene and Kambia Districts in Sierra Leone.

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness development (SLeCAD) with funding support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades West Africa Project build the capacity in Gender Inclusive Outreach and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training for 600 Cashew Farmers, SMEs and Traders. The objective of the training is to build the skills and improve the knowledge of 600 women and youths Cashew value chains farmer, SMEs and Traders in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The training will further identify gender-based constraints, how to address them, raise awareness about these constraints whilst employing best agricultural practices for improved cashew production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling that will facilitate trade and export. This will improve on the income of women and youth farmers, SMEs and traders, ensure increased investment, create jobs and wealth and enhance economic growth.

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness development (SLeCAD) with funding support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades West Africa Project build the capacity in Gender Inclusive Outreach and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training for 600 Cashew Farmers, SMEs and Traders. The objective of the training is to build the skills and improve the knowledge of 600 women and youths Cashew value chains farmer, SMEs and Traders in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The training will further identify gender-based constraints, how to address them, raise awareness about these constraints whilst employing best agricultural practices for improved cashew production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling that will facilitate trade and export. This will improve on the income of women and youth farmers, SMEs and traders, ensure increased investment, create jobs and wealth and enhance economic growth.

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness development (SLeCAD) with funding support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades West Africa Project build the capacity in Gender Inclusive Outreach and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training for 600 Cashew Farmers, SMEs and Traders. The objective of the training is to build the skills and improve the knowledge of 600 women and youths Cashew value chains farmer, SMEs and Traders in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The training will further identify gender-based constraints, how to address them, raise awareness about these constraints whilst employing best agricultural practices for improved cashew production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling that will facilitate trade and export. This will improve on the income of women and youth farmers, SMEs and traders, ensure increased investment, create jobs and wealth and enhance economic growth.

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness development (SLeCAD) with funding support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades West Africa Project build the capacity in Gender Inclusive Outreach and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training for 600 Cashew Farmers, SMEs and Traders. The objective of the training is to build the skills and improve the knowledge of 600 women and youths Cashew value chains farmer, SMEs and Traders in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The training will further identify gender-based constraints, how to address them, raise awareness about these constraints whilst employing best agricultural practices for improved cashew production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling that will facilitate trade and export. This will improve on the income of women and youth farmers, SMEs and traders, ensure increased investment, create jobs and wealth and enhance economic growth.

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness development (SLeCAD) with funding support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades West Africa Project build the capacity in Gender Inclusive Outreach and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training for 600 Cashew Farmers, SMEs and Traders. The objective of the training is to build the skills and improve the knowledge of 600 women and youths Cashew value chains farmer, SMEs and Traders in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The training will further identify gender-based constraints, how to address them, raise awareness about these constraints whilst employing best agricultural practices for improved cashew production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling that will facilitate trade and export. This will improve on the income of women and youth farmers, SMEs and traders, ensure increased investment, create jobs and wealth and enhance economic growth.

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness development (SLeCAD) with funding support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades West Africa Project build the capacity in Gender Inclusive Outreach and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training for 600 Cashew Farmers, SMEs and Traders. The objective of the training is to build the skills and improve the knowledge of 600 women and youths Cashew value chains farmer, SMEs and Traders in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The training will further identify gender-based constraints, how to address them, raise awareness about these constraints whilst employing best agricultural practices for improved cashew production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling that will facilitate trade and export. This will improve on the income of women and youth farmers, SMEs and traders, ensure increased investment, create jobs and wealth and enhance economic growth.

During the lunching of the event in Bombali districts, in March 2023, National Coordinator for the SheTrades West Africa Project in Sierra Leone Madam Khadija Barrie stated that, the aim of the project is to improve the position of Gender (Women) in different Agricultural value chains across four West Africa Countries. The project which stated in 2019 and ends 2023 will ensure that the skills and knowledge of women are improved in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in cashew farm management, processing, packaging that will enhance jobs and wealth creation goals, improve incomes and ensure inclusive growth.

Madam Khadija further stated that, SLeCAD is been the critical partner of ITC SheTrade West Africa to boost the Agricultural sector in Sierra Leone and ensure inclusive opportunities for women and youths. She inform participants that SLeCAD has a vast knowledge and network working along the agricultural value chains throughout Sierra Leone. And she also informed participants that ITC and SLeCAD have developed profile stories of outstanding female agri-entrepreneurs in the cashew sector designed to inspire other women to use existing opportunities in their communities to establish successful and sustainable agribusinesses.

In a virtual interview with the Executive Secretary of SLeCAD, Ahmed Nanoh, thanked ITC SheTrades West Africa for the support offered to SLeCAD and S/Leone in ensuring the capacity building of the women and youth cashew farmers in Sierra Leone. Mr. Nanoh stated that the training will improve the skills of the 600 women and youths in agronomy and cashew orchards management; post-harvest management and quality of cashew products; processing and value addition to cashew and -its by-products; market mechanism, nut and kernel market analysis; business relationships between stakeholders; value chain development; economics of cashew farming and processing, self-financing advice; price analysis and price formation; design and production of teaching/training materials as ToTs. Above all he confirmed that the training will creating awareness to the wider community to recognize women’s economic potential and value for the well-being of households and the community as a whole he asserted. The training will help to transform the women and youths into good private sector operators, create jobs and wealth, reduce poverty, expand government tax base, improve foreign exchange and enhance overall economic growth.

Representing SLeCAD at the workshop as facilitator Saidu issa Kamara express thanks and Appreciations to the International Trade Centre SheTrades West Africa for their support in capacitating the chamber. The impact this training will bring to the chamber membership cannot be overemphasize as the training methodology and approach is quite special and practical saidu ascends. He also admonished participants to value this opportunity as this training will help them on;

• Who does what in Cashew
• Good Agricultural practices in cashew
• Gender stereotypes

And many other important areas within their farming activities. He concluded that, if farmers make good implementation of the knowledge they will be acquiring on this all important training they will surly see a huge increase on their production.