Smart Farm Village
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Concept
Local Economy
Social Analysis
Development Plan
New Rice for Africa
Ground linkages
New rice variety
Rice benefits
Opportunities
Impact Analysis
Multipliers
Impacts
Business Environment
Institutional plan
Tenure security project
The social cooperative system
The microcredit fund for business and land development
Research Team
Smart Farm Village Project
in Sierra Leone
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The Sierra Leone Smart Farm Village is a
sustainable
and
replicable
Village, at low footprint, autonomous for food supply, energy and water use
It is an
agro-industrial self-sufficient local economy
specialized in rice and vegetable production used to nourish the local population and for export
Interactions among village households in factor and commodity markets create local income linkages and feedbacks across sectors of the local economy generating a
virtuous circle
fostering sustainable economic and social growth
The village
sustainable
development model preserves the local environmental assets for future generations while producing and consuming local products, such as rice, fish and wood from the village public forest and tree nursery
Both food and construction activities are at 0-km
The village is a
peaceful
society because based on the respect of traditional social norms and the “just” distribution of tenure rights to families
It is an healthy environment because designed to be an hygienically safe site also thanks to the construction with local materials of a modern health center and a sustainable sewage system
The village is
smart
because
well-educated
local people use advanced environmentally compatible technologies, construction techniques (ICT,straw housing, screw foundations, etc.), and complete recyclying of organic and inorganic material.