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The goal of this US $2.3 million project is the development of a stable and high quality sorghum supply chain that will substitute for the imported grains presently imported by the beverage industry. Specific objectives of the project are: -Identify and introduce high yielding sorghum varieties with high quality industrial processing characteristics. -Establish rapid-multiplication farms and sorghum collection centers. -Form and train village level producer associations and credit groups providing services and financing that enhance the ability of farmers to market increased amounts of quality sorghum. -Assist reliable producer groups and leading commercial farmers in entering into longer-term partnership with the beverage industry, to coordinate input delivery, to provide post-harvest collection and storage facilities, and to multiply improved sorghum varieties for the next growing season. -Train private sector input dealers in supplying inputs to sorghum farmers through market mechanisms EUCORD is the Project Executing Agency with the responsibility for overall project implementation and monitoring, including the financial aspects. EUCORD also facilitates the exchange of information as required, and takes responsibility for dissemination of project outputs to other African countries. The total cost of this project is estimated at USD 2,897,000. Of this amount, USD 1,527,000 (53%) is granted by Common Fund for Commodity. Co-financing of USD 903,000 includes a grant of USD 372,000 by Sierra Leone Breweries Ltd. (SLBL, a subsidiary of Heineken International) and another USD 531,000 by Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd. |
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PARTNERS HEINEKEN/ SIERRA LEONE BREWERY LTD VANCIL CONSULTANCY SERVICES COMMUNITY BIODIVERSITY ACTION NETWORK (CBAN) TECHNOSERVE GUINNESS GHANA BREWERIES LTD |
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UK FINANCIAL TIMES "Africa's Thirst for Local Brew" January 2008 |
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NCDO (National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development) "Economic Impact Assessment Model: Local Economic Impact of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited, a Heineken operating company" November 2006 |
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FARM NEWS SIERRA LEONE "Sorghum: Moving from Security to Cash Crop" Volume 1/1/11/07 |
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