Dissemination of legume technologies to Sub-Saharan farmers by NGOs and
research institutes has stimulated farmers to grow grain legumes,
thereby providing farmers with substantial harvest and income. During
the second quarter of 2012, N2AFRICA a project that provides farmers in
Africa with technologies to grow grain legumes extended their project
activities to Sierra Leone. N2AFRICA provided Sierra Leonean small scale
farmers with the following grain legumes; groundnuts, cowpeas and
soybeans, because these legumes are rich in protein and have the ability
to fix nitrogen to the soil. After production some of these legumes are
consumed by the farmers and the rest is sold. Therefore N2AFRICA decided
to research the value chains of the mentioned legumes from inputs to the
final consumer. This research investigates the value chains of the
groundnut, cowpea and soybean in Sierra Leone.