Liberia National Agriculture Fair 2007

Liberia recently held its National Agriculture Fair, the first of its kind in 15 years. The three-day event was sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture with help from numerous NGOs such as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), USAID, the World Food Program, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, several UN agencies (Unmil, UNHCR, UNDP, Unifem), the World Bank, as well as Cellcom, the Liberian Petroleum Refining Company, and a variety of other commercial interests.