The REALISE Project has officially launched its Community Livelihood and Agriculture Component (CLAS) in a ceremony held in Vehyipa, a village renowned for its agricultural activities situated on the outskirts of Sanniquellie.
The REALISE Project officially launched it’s the agriculture component of the REALISE Project was launched on Friday aiming to enhance food security across eight counties in Liberia.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing technical assistance to Liberia to address country’s data needs and bridging the data gaps – especially in locations where collecting statistical data is not easy, due to adverse weather events or difficulty in accessing remote locations.
Western Cluster Liberia Ltd over the weekend carried out its first rice harvest project for affected communities. The project is a seed multiplication one , intended to be replicated to several other locations.
President Joseph Boakai has told the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization about his administration plans to accelerate domestic food production while scaling down on imports.
Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia short of achieving widespread development goals.
The Cooperative Development Agency (CDA) has been readmitted as a full-fledged member of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) after several years of dormancy, in a fresh move that signals bright era for cooperative movements in Liberia.
As the world's top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this "brown gold". Some cocoa farmers consider the prices set by the state for their beans far too low.
World Bank is spearheading the development of a Small-Scale Fisheries Training Curriculum for Future Leaders. The two-day training, held at the Royal Grand Hotel, brought together key stakeholders to apply the "Illuminating Hidden Harvests Global Approach for Assessments, Analysis, and Monitoring of Small-Scale Fisheries."
