Illinois in Sierra Leone

01/09/2023

Meeting with Dr Paul Ngegba and colleagues from the Extension Department at Njala University and University of Illinois students. Jingru Jia (ACE PhD student) is conducting a study of the willingness to pay for improved crop storage bags in Sierra Leone. We are working on the survey here and reviewing the field experiment.

01/07/2023

So nice to meet up with Dr Kandeh Yumkella (U of Illinois ACE PhD alum and leading Sierra Leonean politician -- in blue below in lower picture) and Dr Tom Roberts (expert on international agricultural development and rural development) in Freetown

01/06/2023

Learning about an agroforestry approach to improving the agriculture in upland ecologies from Steven Mansaray and his team at PAD SL and Rory's Well. We had a great time in their village.

01/05/2023

At Tiwai Island and the village of Naiagorehun near Potoru with the ACES in Sierra Leone group

01/03/2023

Stopping at Moyamba Junction for a little mid-day chop

01/03/2023

Illinois students at the market at Waterloo Junction on our way to Tiwai Island this morning.

01/03/2023

Enjoying Big Beach at Banana Island, Western Area, Sierra Leone on January 2, 2023.

04/14/2022

Put Adventure into your education by studying abroad in West Africa with Illinois in Sierra Leone. Pursue a life changing experience and work to build your career in sustainability, economic and agricultural development, food security, health and nutrition, natural resources management, social entrepreneurship, and community development. Check out studying abroad with Illinois in Sierra Leone. Search Sierra Leone on studyabroad.illinois.edu and check out our Winter Break and Semester Long opportunities.

12/01/2021

Study Abroad in the Galapagos (Summer 2022) or in Sierra Leone, West Africa (Winter Break 2023 or Spring Semester 2023). Information session this week Thursday December 2, 2021 at 4pm in the Heritage Room, ACES Library, University of Illinois. Pizza provided. Learn about life changing experiences and career building opportunities in sustainability, economic and agricultural development, food systems, global health and nutrition, natural resources management, eco-tourism, and community development. Illinois in Sierra Leone, ACES Study Abroad, AgReach Abroad at the University of Ilinois.

09/08/2021

Join Illinois in Sierra Leone on a semester long study abroad experience of a lifetime. Learn more at www.studyabroad.illinois.edu and search for Sierra Leone

08/06/2021

Such nice memories of this field trip with Njala U and I of Illinois students at cocoa farms near Segbwema.

Meet Dr. Paul McNamara. His current activities focus on using tools from applied economics to address challenging issues around poverty, access to resources and opportunities, and health and nutrition. Moreover, he is the Founder and Director of AgReach. The AgReach team is engaged in multiple countries to help solve the problem of how to meet the needs of smallholder farmers for extension services in ways that are financially sustainable, that incorporate farmers’ voices, that help link farmers into market opportunities, that reach women farmers as well as men, and that solve the most pressing farmer challenges. Learn more about Dr. McNamara and AgReach: https://agreach.illinois.edu/who-we-are/our-team

02/07/2020

Illinois in Sierra Leone Semester Long Study Abroad students learn about artisanal palm oil production in Southern Sierra Leone near the Gola Forest in January 2020