Agriculture accounts for almost half of Sierra Leone’s Gross Domestic Product.
Sixty percent of the population work in the agriculture sector and majority of them are women.
Subsistence farming is a key industry, but a group of women in the country’s Southern region have managed to turn theirs into a highly profitable business.
BBC Africa reporter Azeezat Olaoluwa has spoken to Mamie Achion who is leading a group of women who have managed to turn their farming into a highly profitable business.
Reporter: Azeezat Olaoluwa
Producers: Ann-Marie Yiannacou & Princess Irede Abumere
Filmed and edited: Joshua Akinyemi
