SOBBA

Solutions to the current problem of lack of improved nutrition, extreme poverty and hunger

 

SOBBA has identified the need for a robust cost effective pathway for providing nutritional supplement for the Sierra Leonean population and the world at large; which is a mix of high protein content with a carbohydrate content namely; rice, cassava (intercropped with Maize or groundnut) and other tuber products and leguminous crops (i.e. cowpea, groundnut). The solutions to this problem of malnutrition, hunger and poverty as identified by SOBBA include but are not limited to the following:

1. The production and sale of new and improved variety of seeds and other cuttings

2. Provide support to the farmers to increase their productivity and role in feeding their community and fighting malnutrition by

   • Enhancing the knowledge base of farmers about improved variety of seeds

   • ​Enable them to have access to market

   • Provide training and continuous technical support

   • Enable farmers to understand the economic value of owning their farming land 

3. The promotion of Pre- and Post-Harvesting techniques including the processing of seeds for storage.

4. Bringing seeds, cuttings and other agricultural implements and inputs to the farmers doorsteps

5. Intensify the promotion of the effective usage of farming land

6. Bridging the divide between the farmers and the public and private Sector

 

SOBBA's role in meeting these solutions

 

SOBBA envisages a wide gap between the growth in Sierra Leone population,the growth in Africa’s population by 2020 and the production of much needed nutritional products to feed this growing population. Sierra Leone’s economy grew by 3.4 % in 2013 and the projected growth of 13.4% in 2014 will undoubtedly bring more disposable income to all income brackets which will be demanding improved nutritional food contents. SOBBA also extrapolates that Sierra Leone with its relatively fertile soil contents has a competitive advantage over other neighboring West African Countries and will regain its former prominence as a major crop exported internationally (but most strategically to the Western Africa). The rise in the world population, Sierra Leones’ new middle-level and higher income earners, and the possibility of tapping into the Western Africa food market presents a fantastic opportunity for SOBBA to position itself as a major force in providing improved food varieties. Finally, SOBBA’s contract farmers and farming communities will be offered a great opportunity to rise out of the despair of poverty by generating much needed income which will help eradicate chronic hunger, malnutrition and poverty in their families and communities.