28 April 2008
The Church Aid Incorporated (CAI) of the New Water in the Desert Assembly (NWIDA) in Brewerville says it has about several hundreds of agricultural seeds ready for to be offered to farmers in the country.
The CAI which is part of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church (APC) International made the seeds available for the farmers during the time Liberians are faced with looming food crisis and stringent economic conditions in our postwar society.
Making the disclosure yesterday in a press release, the unidentified project management of CAI, urged farmers across the country to take advantage of the vegetable seeds available at the CAI's offices located in Brewerville, outside Monrovia city.
CAI's release encourages farmers to embrace the opportunity in order to sow seeds that will enable to fight hunger in Liberia. CAI said about a quarter of a million packs of seeds worth about a million United States Dollars are expected in Liberia within six weeks.
CAI urged farmers and potential farmers within the 15 sub-political divisions of Liberia to begin registering within CAI's offices so as to benefit from the expected 14 varieties of seeds. CAI said the 14 the seeds are collards, okras, cabbage, pepper, watermelon, mustard, peas, eggplant, onion, cucumber, amongst others.
Of the quarter of a million vegetable seeds expected during planting season, CAI said, about 50,000 packets have already arrived in the country. CAI said that these seeds will include one hundred of 180,000 packs of beans, collard, cucumber, eggplant, cabbage, okra and watermelon combined.
CAI will manage project through two sub-programs identified as (1) general distribution (GD) to garget individual farmers and gardeners who will benefit from 80% of the seeds while the (2) Special Project (SP) constituting about 20% of seeds donated, will target schools, churches, religious and community-based groups, NGOs amongst others throughout the country.
The Church Aid will work along with her traditional and potential partners in the distribution of the seeds. Church Aid is the relief and development department of the New Water in the Desert Assembly (NWIDA) of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church International (APC) of Rev. Korto Browne
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