Community Farming Project in Sierra Leone
Country:Sierra Leone
Location:West Africa
Project Start Date:January 2008 (Phase 1, Travel to Sierra Leone for Project Assessment, Initial Land Clearing & Community Meetings)
Project Summary: AAPDEP's African Corps of Engineers, Scientists & Healthcare Workers Agricultural Team will be working to turn 30 acres of land in Lungi, Sierra Leone into a community farm that will produce onions, groundnuts and maize for community consumption and sale.
Analysis: About 66% of Africans in Sierra Leone engage in subsistence farming, a type of farming in which almost all the produce is used to feed and support the farmer's family, leaving little or no surplus for selling. Most are forced to live on less than $1 a day and lack the tools and access to other farming resources necessary to improve the yield and quality of what is produced. Africans with expertise in farming, soil science, agribusiness and other related areas will travel to Sierra Leone from various parts of the world in order to build a large community farm that will produce high quality food, provide employment for local residents and raise resources for the important work of the Africanist Movement.
Skills Needed:Farming, Soil Science, and Agribusiness