Sierra Leone has the region's best climate and land for growing rice, with abundant annual rainfall in coastal regions. But Kpaka, the minister, highlighted obstacles to rice self-sufficiency ...

Director of a local nongovernmental organization has revealed plans by German organization GTZ to fund the rice cultivation of ... to provide own grown rice for Sierra Leoneans as the world ...

President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Julius Maada ... yield and high-quality rice variety in the same field. Therefore, this combination of high-quality rice production and rice field ...

Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone. Unless a meal includes rice, people say, you haven’t eaten at all. But as prices soar, consumers in the West African nation are giving up other food to buy ...

Sierra Leone has the region's best climate and land for growing rice, with abundant annual rainfall in coastal regions. But Kpaka, the minister, highlighted obstacles to rice self-sufficiency ...

It’s a problem throughout West Africa, which has an ancient rice-growing tradition. Now Sierra Leone’s government says it has an ambitious plan and millions of dollars in backing to pursue ...