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Liberia: LACRA $2.7M Plan to Undercut Rice Imports

The Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA) has unveiled a five-year strategic plan designed to cut rice imports by 25 percent by 2029 and...

Liberia: Burkinabe Partnerships Raise Alarm Among Liberian Farmers

By Abraham Cooper ZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh County What began as a promise of prosperity through a 40/60 sharecropping deal with Burkinabe farmers is now fueling...

Liberia: Farmers Hope Kromah Faced Justice

By Varney Kamara FOYA, Lofa County – Farmers who experienced atrocities allegedly committed by the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) are not happy that...

Liberia: Community Forum Challenges Hunger Report, Highlights Agriculture Progress

The Community Empowerment Forum (CEF) has dismissed the Global Hunger Index (GHI) classification that ranked Liberia 112th out of 123 countries, arguing the assessment...

Liberia: Food Authority to Turn Cold-Chain Standards into Enforceable Tools to Protect Frozen Food Safety

The Food Authority of Liberia announces plans to translate newly issued cold chain standards into enforceable monitoring tools to safeguard the safety and nutritional...

Liberia: From Destruction to Protection: How Strengthening Sustainable Forest Practices Helped Change the Mentality of Liberian Forest Communities

Women conducting routine maintenance of cocoa, cashew and avocado nursery as part of the alternative livelihood initiative introduced by the project By Paul M. Kanneh...

Liberia: Building Processing Plant in Nimba to Drive 7,400-Hectare Rice Expansion

This initiative is part of the government’s goal to Cultivate at least 7, 400 hectares of lowland rice Within five years.   The Liberian government has...

Deaths & Conflict Shadow Cocoa Farming in River Liberia

By Varney Kamara and Samuel T. Jabba The killing of a teenage cocoa farmer in River Gee County has intensified concerns over violent disputes linked to Burkinabé migration into...

Liberia: Push for Sustainable Food Systems

In a landmark move to deepen its presence in the country, IITA–CGIAR has officially opened its Liberia Country Office in Monrovia, following the launch of the...

EU Sells Banned Pesticides to Africa

Thousands of tonnes of pesticides banned for use in the EU have been exported for use in Africa, according to a recent study by...

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