Monrovia — Rice is Liberia's staple food but the production of the essential commodity has not been prioritized by the government resulting in more importation of what is consumed as local farmers lack the capacity to produce sufficient food to feed the country. At a three-day conference exchange of System Rice intensification between Anglophone Countries, the chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Fofi Bimba disclosed that the government of Liberia spent over two hundred million on the purchasing of rice in the country.
"Rice, I called it a wonder crop; it is Liberia's staple food and we spent over US$200 million dollars yearly buying rice from all places including Bangladesh", he stated. The Lofa County lawmaker said it was frustrating that Liberia will be buying rice from Bangladesh, a country that has over 10 million populations and has less space to live than Liberia.
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