April 23
Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Beans Exported From Cote d'Ivoire to EU Originate From Deforested Land in Liberia
Authors of an investigation reveal that companies sourcing cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire are promoting the destruction of forests in Liberia. Read more »
April 04
Liberia: In Defense of Exporting Unprocessed Rubber
The Liberian rubber sub-sector is challenged to a significant extent by sub-optimal performance, brought about principally by its oligopolistic character with few buyers and many… Read more »
March 11
Liberia: ITC Identifies Buyer for Liberian Coffee
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Farmers Union Network of Liberia (FUNL), a local partner, have linked Liberian coffee farmers with a local exporter to give attractive… Read more »
January 29
Liberia: 'Data Key to Fisheries Management'
The Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NAFAA), Emma Metieh Glassco, has described the conduct of the ongoing fisheries stock assessment… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Liberia: Liberian Coffee Farmers Celebrate Quality Harvest This Farming Season
Liberian coffee farmers are harvesting quality coffee beans this year due to the application of improved practices on old coffee farms that have been abandoned for years. Read more »
July 10, 2023
Liberia: Liberia to Host 23rd Annual CECAF Fisheries Meeting
The government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), is expected to host the 23rd annual meeting of the Fisheries Committee for the Eastern… Read more »
Liberia: Farmers, International Trade Centre Collaborate on Coffee Coperatives
The International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with the Farmers Union Network of Liberia (FUNL), started a week-long training program on the importance of cooperatives for… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Liberia: Armyworm Invastion Spreads to Nimba, Gbarpolu Counties
-- The caterpillars, which travel in large groups and feed on young plants, have wiped out fields of maize, eggplants, pepper, cocoa, and cabbage crops in Bong and are doing the… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Liberia: Liberia Establishes First National Cocoa Seed Garden
- Agriculture Minister, IFAD Country Director tour project site Read more »
April 04, 2023
Liberia: Govt Cancels Annual Agriculture Fair Due to Lack of Money
-- According to Deputy Agriculture Minister for Administration Precious K. Tetteh, the government did not appropriate money for the fair in the current national budget for… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Liberia: Cassava Sector's Capacity Enhanced for Service Delivery
Weak capacity of sectoral organizations still remains a serious challenge for Liberia's food security. Many organizations have limited capacity to work with the Ministry of… Read more »
January 10, 2023
Liberia: NGO Supports Farmers to Cultivate 76 Acres Lowland Rice
In an effort to buttress the Liberian government's food security drive, the Liberian Initiative for Feeding Everyone (LIFE Liberia), a Christian local non-governmental organization… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Liberia: Strengthening Farmers, Agripreneurs
The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has strengthened the capacities of several farmers and agripreneurs with grants to enable them to increase… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Liberia: Mr. President, Wake Up!
.... It is time for President Weah to know that his administration, nearing its sixth year, has spent more than US$30 million in the last five years to subsidize rice imports… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Liberia: Toward the Full Potential of Liberia's Fisheries Sector
.... Emma Glassco on a mission to turn fisheries into Liberia's next economic powerhouse Read more »