By LAEJN Editorial Team As part of quest to help reshape the trajectory of Liberia’s agriculture sector, His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has called on the Liberian government to match rhetoric with action by allocating at least 10% of the national budget to agriculture …
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Liberia, MK Industries Eye Partnership to Build First Fish Processing Plant in Buchanan
By LAEJN Editorial Team In a landmark move aimed at revitalizing Liberia’s fisheries and aquaculture industry, U.S. based MK Industries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has formally expressed its interest in partnering with the Government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), to establish the country’s first large-scale fish processing and fish meal factory in Buchanan, Grand Bassa …
Read More »Senator Tyler Calls for Boost in Agricultural Budget as Bomi Launches Rice Transplanting Initiative
By: Richard Williams/0775339618/ 0881084573/ [email protected] Tubmanburg, Bomi County — Bomi County has launched an ambitious initiative to cultivate 16 hectares of lowland rice as part of its 2025 Agriculture Program Agenda. The initiative is being framed as a foundational step toward achieving food self-sufficiency and supporting the national ARREST agenda championed by President Joseph Boakai. The ARREST initiative prioritizes Agriculture, …
Read More »After the Rain Farmers Cooperative Launches Landmark Agricultural Project in Northern Liberia
By Samuel Borlay Lofa County, Liberia: In a bold step toward enhancing food security and economic empowerment in Liberia, the After the Rain Multi-purpose Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd has launched an ambitious agricultural development initiative in Gbandi Chiefdom, Lofa County. The project aims to transform 100 hectares of swamp land into a thriving center for sustainable agriculture. Speaking at the …
Read More »BCTC Agriculture Student Demonstrates Model Research Integration with Lowland Rice Thesis at CARI
By Josiah Pailay/ Contact: [email protected] | +231 881 913 880 / +231 775 260 307 As Bong County Technical College (BCTC) prepares for its 2025 commencement, final-year agriculture student Susan Sianneh Lake is approaching the culmination of a thesis project that exemplifies the nexus of academic research, practical application, and national development goals. Her lowland rice field experiment, located within …
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