Sitta Kaikai triples poultry farm in Sierra Leone
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sierra Loaded
Illustrative image · Erwin Bosman · Pexels · Licence PexelsSitta Kaikai, a former United Nations employee, has increased her poultry farm from 1,000 to 3,000 birds by investing her savings in Kono. Her agricultural business creates jobs and supports local producers, with backing from the Food System Resilience Program.
Sitta Kaikai, a former United Nations employee who worked for the organisation for 30 years, has increased her poultry farm from 1,000 to 3,000 birds in Kono District, Sierra Leone. Her farm currently employs around 20 people, mainly young people, according to Sierra Loaded.
The former international official also organised groups of women to produce groundnuts and maize before moving into rice farming. Her agricultural activities benefit from the Food System Resilience Program (FSRP), a food systems resilience programme implemented with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, which provided her with seeds, fertiliser and agricultural machinery.
In 2025, Sitta Kaikai was selected among 62 agripreneurs to receive a matching grant of around $150,000. The funding is intended to support increasing the capacity of her poultry farm to 20,000 birds. She has completed poultry buildings, purchased equipment to produce feed for poultry and acquired tractors to grow the maize needed for this production.
Producing her own maize should reduce the cost of animal feed, which previously limited the farm’s profits. She explained that she chose to invest in agriculture after returning to Kono to contribute to food production and create income for residents, according to Sierra Loaded.
