There’s a saying in Sierra Leone that unless you have eaten rice, you haven’t eaten for that day. Yet, despite good conditions for growing this simple grain, a trip around the markets of Freetown reveals that the country is importing plenty of rice. The first AGI podcast looks at this "Rice Conundrum" - it features an interview with Professor Monty Jones, Minister of Agriculture in Sierra Leone as well as talking to rice producers about why locally grown ‘country rice’ isn’t

There’s a saying in Sierra Leone that unless you have eaten rice, you haven’t eaten for that day. Yet, despite good conditions for growing this simple grain, a trip around the markets of Freetown reveals that the country is importing plenty of rice. The first AGI podcast looks at this "Rice Conundrum" - it features an interview with Professor Monty Jones, Minister of Agriculture in Sierra Leone as well as talking to rice producers about why locally grown ‘country rice’ isn’t

Pay No Bribe (PNB) is an innovative reporting platform where citizens can anonymously report incidents of petty corruption and bribery. Citizens can register an incident by calling a hotline phone number (515), the PNB website or on a mobile application in Krio, Mende and Temne. The recorded data will allow the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) to monitor public sector corruption trends, and use quantitative evidence to design more effective anti-corruption policy and process

Pay No Bribe (PNB) is an innovative reporting platform where citizens can anonymously report incidents of petty corruption and bribery. Citizens can register an incident by calling a hotline phone number (515), the PNB website or on a mobile application in Krio, Mende and Temne. The recorded data will allow the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) to monitor public sector corruption trends, and use quantitative evidence to design more effective anti-corruption policy and process

Pay No Bribe (PNB) is an innovative reporting platform where citizens can anonymously report incidents of petty corruption and bribery. Citizens can register an incident by calling a hotline phone number (515), the PNB website or on a mobile application in Krio, Mende and Temne. The recorded data will allow the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) to monitor public sector corruption trends, and use quantitative evidence to design more effective anti-corruption policy and process

Ogoo Farm Western Area Rural is one of 979 hectares of inland valley swamps planted with improved seed rice and boosted with the use of fertiliser. The farmer is looking forward to a more productive harvest as a result. The first photograph shows the farm on the 6th September. The second photograph shows the same farm exactly a month later.

Ogoo Farm Western Area Rural is one of 979 hectares of inland valley swamps planted with improved seed rice and boosted with the use of fertiliser. The farmer is looking forward to a more productive harvest as a result. The first photograph shows the farm on the 6th September. The second photograph shows the same farm exactly a month later.

Ogoo Farm Western Area Rural is one of 979 hectares of inland valley swamps planted with improved seed rice and boosted with the use of fertiliser. The farmer is looking forward to a more productive harvest as a result. The first photograph shows the farm on the 6th September. The second photograph shows the same farm exactly a month later.