His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio joined young master farmer Sherilyn Cowan in Taiama Town for a symbolic harvest on her privately owned 60-hectare maize farm, which is run by Sherilyn’s Enterprise for National Change (SENC) and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS).
The Feed Salone vision aims to transform agriculture into a commercially viable sector that creates jobs, strengthens food security, and promotes national self-sufficiency, and the event was held to highlight this goal.
Provides a sustainable path for community empowerment and economic growth. “Feed Salone is more than just a government programme; it is a call to action for all Sierra Leoneans. “If we all grow our own food and invest in agriculture, we can secure our country’s future and lift millions out of poverty,” he said.
The President praised Madam Cowan for her innovation, leadership, and the scale of her maize production, claiming that her work exemplifies the type of youth-led agribusiness that the Feed Salone agenda seeks to promote. “What Sherilyn is doing is exactly what Feed Salone is about…young people leading the way in transforming agriculture into a modern, profitable, and sustainable enterprise,” he explained.
The symbolic harvest drew senior government officials, local authorities, and community members to celebrate Feed Salone’s growing momentum as a national movement toward food sovereignty and mutual prosperity.
Observers noted that the event was intended to recognise private sector initiative in agriculture while also demonstrating the government’s commitment to supporting such ventures through policy and technical assistance.
The Taiama visit was part of President Bio’s two-day assessment tour to track progress during the second year of Feed Salone implementation. During the tour, he went to the Rokupr Research Station, the Mile 91 National Seed Testing Laboratory, his 1,000-acre cashew farm, and ended with the maize harvest in Taiama.
The itinerary emphasised research, seed quality, value chain development, and large-scale farming as interconnected components of the administration’s strategy to increase productivity, create jobs, and move Sierra Leone closer to agricultural self-sufficiency.
