Examining the Effectiveness of Project Management in the Agricultural Sector of Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone, like in most developing countries, faces acute problem of projects failure, more especially agricultural projects, due to the short fall of project management best practices.
The study employed descriptive quantitative and qualitative research design and employed judgmental sampling in the selection of 60 respondents from four Agricultural Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS).
The results presented for all the phases from planning to implementation of the projects investigated revealed that best project management practices, to a very large extent, were followed by the Projects Implementation Units (PIUs) of MAFFS.
The study further revealed effective management of resources as resources were available on time, projects tracked against their plan, their were effective communications, and effective monitoring and evaluation of most of these agricultural projects.
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