IlustrativoSierra Leone Rice Value Chain
Sierra Leone · NationwideAgro-processing · Rice, mechanisation, milling and aggregation
250 mechanisation service centres, 364 equipped rice mills and 66 aggregation hubs to cut Sierra Leone's rice imports of 350,000–450,000 tonnes a year, for an estimated c. USD 191.2m in blended equity and debt.
Justificação
Imports meet about a third of Sierra Leone's rice demand: 350,000–450,000 tonnes a year, worth USD 150–200m.¹ Mills run at only about 40% utilisation and yields average 2.0–2.4 t/ha against 3.5+ t/ha on commercial farms; rice self-sufficiency leads the Feed Salone plan (2023–28).
- Mechanisation
- 250 service centres with workshops, rental model
- Milling
- 204 mills rehabilitated, 160 built, 364 equipped
- Aggregation
- 66 hubs; 72,000 m² of storage
- Stage
- Greenfield, at feasibility
Oportunidade de investimento
Estrutura da transação
Blended equity and debt across private and PPP components of a government-prioritised investment plan.
Utilização dos fundos
Mechanisation centres USD 100.0m; milling and storage USD 49.3m; aggregation and financing facilities USD 41.9m.¹
Base de receitas
Rental and shared-service mechanisation, and milled rice sold into the domestic market.
O pedido
Blended equity and debt for mechanisation service centres, mill rehabilitation and new mills, storage and aggregation hubs.
Porque é financiável
Imports meet about a third of demand: 350,000–450,000 tonnes a year, worth USD 150–200m.¹
Mills run at only about 40% utilisation; the plan targets 80% by 2028.
Average yields of 2.0–2.4 t/ha, against 3.5+ t/ha on commercial farms and 8 t/ha potential.
Rice self-sufficiency leads Feed Salone (2023–28), through six industrial hubs; consumption is about 500 g per person a day.
Dados e evidências · Today vs the 2028 national goals
| Today | 2028 goal | |
|---|---|---|
| Paddy yield | 2.0–2.4 t/ha | About 4 t/ha |
| Milling utilisation | About 40% | 80% |
| Post-harvest losses | About 40% | Under 10% |
| Rice imports | 350,000–450,000 t a year | Halved by volume |
Maturidade e calendário do projeto
- OriginationGreenfield
- FeasibilityCurrent stage
- StructuringTo follow
- Financial closePost-diligence
- ConstructionTo follow
Principais riscos e medidas de mitigação
Not contracted; milled rice replaces imports of 350,000–450,000 t a year in the domestic market.
Mills run at about 40% today; aggregation hubs and storage feed paddy to mills, targeting 80% by 2028.
364 mills, 250 centres and 66 hubs across four clusters; the mill rehabilitation and siting plan is released under NDA.
Condições da transação
- Offtaker
- Domestic market
- Contract status
- Not contracted
- Instrument sought
- Blended: equity and debt
- Structure
- Private and PPP components within a government investment plan
- Technology
- 250 mechanisation packages and workshops; 204 mills rehabilitated, 160 built; 66 hubs
- Capacity
- 364 rice mills equipped; 72,000 m² of storage
- Location
- Bonthe, Pujehun, Kambia and Tonkolili rice clusters; sites under NDA
- WAIIS pillar
- Agribusiness & Food Systems
Impacto no desenvolvimento
Social
38,200 direct and 229,000 indirect beneficiaries, with per capita income up USD 215.¹
Economic
Goal to halve rice import volumes by 2028, easing a USD 150–200m annual import bill.
Food security
Post-harvest losses cut from about 40% to under 10% by 2028.
Climate
+473,265 tCO2-e over 20 years; biomass dryers and renewable charging planned as mitigation.