Liberia is currently struggling to meet cassava shipping requirements. This poses as a huge risk as the cassava sector stands to lose US $15m from a contract with a China-based company. The company, Welcome Development Industry Limited, signed a contract with National Cassava Producers Union ...

  Solidaridad West Africa has partnered with the European Union (EU) to facilitate the implementation of the US $4m Cocoa Value Chain Development Program (COVADEP) in Liberia. Of the total amount, Solidaridad will provide US $1m. According to local media reports, the agreement will run ...

The government of Liberia and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed a US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production through corn production in Liberia.  The project will be implemented over a period of two years. Corn, also known as maize is the grain used in poultry ...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Liberia’s Ministry of Commerce have signed a two-year Technical Cooperation Program intended to strengthen National Food Control System by ensuring food safety and trade improvement. According to media reports, the signing was ...

Liberia has been selected to host the World Fisheries Day 2019. Liberia Artisanal Fishermen Association (LAFA) president Blamo said that the World Fisheries Day celebration will expose Liberia's artisanal fishing sectors to the rest of Africa's artisanal fishing communities. The event, which ...

The Liberian Ministry Agriculture (MoA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a US $1.537m national cocoa seed garden. The MoU, which was signed through its Tree Crop Extension Project – TCEP, is with the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI). The first national ...

17,500 Liberian smallholder farmers are set to receive US $25m in International Development Association (IDA) loan from the World Bank. This is in continuation to further increase the productivity of smallholder farmers for commercial purpose in the country. The funds will be disbursed under the ...

By Oscar Nkala The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has embarked on a project aimed at strengthening the gathering and dissemination of weather information to promote climate change resilience among smallholder farmers in Liberia. In a statement, the UNDP said working with the ...