Sierra Leone - Rice Agro Industrial Cluster (RAIC)

About this project

The Sierra Leone Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster (SL RAIC) Project, in the rural floodplain areas of Pujehun and Bonthe Districts of Sierra Leone, will help advance GoSL’s renewed commitment to sustainably transform the agricultural sector, under its New Direction Agenda and the National Agricultural Transformation Program (NAT 2023). The SL RAIC project is needed to address a major and traditional production challenge of reliance on floating rice cultivation in one of SL’s major rice production areas by introducing solutions that allow for dry-season, modern cultivation and processing of quality rice. The key expected outputs of the Project include more than 3-fold per hectare, increase in Rice production figures (currently 1-5-2.0 tons/ha), commercialisation of rice production and increased wealth for rice producing communities. The SL RAIC Project will be implemented over five years at a total cost of UA 23.29 million. The project primarily contributes to climate adaptation results. As such, 50% of the ADF total approved amount is attributed as climate finance, of which 6 million USD is dedicated to adaptation.

Published by

African Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Sierra Leone

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Places

Pujehun District, Bonthe District

Funded by

Transition Support Facility, African Development Fund

Implemented by

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security

Published by African Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 24 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 46002-P-SL-AA0-021.

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