We are in talks with a prospective local partner in Sierra Leone. Syl Fannah is a member of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Sierra Leone. His work focuses on helping farmers integrate improved techniques for the farming, processing, and marketing of Cassava. He works regularly with the cassava farmers in our region of interest. I met with him at his Freetown office in 2010 to discuss our plan. He has agreed to take on our project in addition to his regular duties.
The plan now is to provide a mechanized grating machine for the village of Najei, which is centrally located in a prime cassava producing region in Sierra Leone. Syl will then form a group of 15-20 farmers within a 25 km radius who will share the use of the machine. They will form a complete processing facility around the grating machine using their traditional machinery.
If this test project is successful, we will provide more mechanized equipment until a modernized cassava processing facility is built. We can then duplicate this model in other villages in Sierra Leone.
http://www.iita.org/james-braima
Note: The head of the IITA office in Sierra Leone, James Braima, will provide oversight for our project as well.
The plan now is to provide a mechanized grating machine for the village of Najei, which is centrally located in a prime cassava producing region in Sierra Leone. Syl will then form a group of 15-20 farmers within a 25 km radius who will share the use of the machine. They will form a complete processing facility around the grating machine using their traditional machinery.
If this test project is successful, we will provide more mechanized equipment until a modernized cassava processing facility is built. We can then duplicate this model in other villages in Sierra Leone.
http://www.iita.org/james-braima
Note: The head of the IITA office in Sierra Leone, James Braima, will provide oversight for our project as well.
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