HOPE SAKUMA: JICA COMES UP TRUMPS TRACKING DOWN TRACTOR

Mohamed comes up trumps tracking down the tractor, visiting Menteh on his mission and the brothers Bangura become mighty excited at the prospect of bringing this fine blue beast to Hope Sakuma to uncover the farms boli - unfarmed since before the civil war - and to plant enough rice to meet all of the kids needs for Mama Mayila’s Cradle and Moa Wharf and maybe even turn a profit!

Now the brothers Bangura have some boli experience from back in 2018 which they hope to put to good use but the tractor, with all it's ploughing, harrowing and seeding attachments, comes at a price - 2,200 leone a day to hire plus two batas of fuel at 525 leone each, plus rice seed to plant at 600 leone a bushel for each acre.

Back on the farm Mohamed shows some of the tracts of land teh tractor can plough.

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