Sierra Tropical Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dole Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based Agro-processing Company. A leader in growing fruits and vegetables, Dole Asia Holdings also markets or processes these fruits into fruit juice and healthy snack products throughout the world.

Sierra Tropical Ltd (STL) embarked on an agro-processing project involving large scale planting and processing of tropical fruits in Sierra Leone using approximately 15,000 hectares.

CEMMATS was contracted to prepare an ESIA and ESMP addendum to STL’s original ESIA (also prepared by CEMMATS), to cover the implementation of an irrigation system within their existing plantation areas, in Lugbu Chiefdom, Bo District.