LAEJN Editorial Team As part of ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture to strengthen rural financial systems in Liberia that impact farmers, the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) has donated a Bullion Van to the Kolahun Rural Community Financial Institution (KRCFI) in Lofa County. This strategic intervention forms part of a broader initiative to enhance financial …

Josiah Pailay /[email protected]   /+231881913880-‪+231775260307 Gbarnga, Bong County — The Liberia Special Agro-Processing Zone (SAPZ) Project, implemented by the Urban Association in partnership with the National Investment Commission (NIC), has concluded a three-day training workshop aimed at strengthening the country’s agro-cooperative sector. Held in Gbarnga, Bong County, the capacity-building exercise brought together cooperative leaders from Bong, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, …

By Emmanuel Degleh Kakata, Margibi County – In Liberia’s evolving agricultural landscape, the rise of small-scale, innovative farming practices, such as backyard aquaculture, signals a shift in how young entrepreneurs are reimagining food production and achieving economic self-reliance. At the center of this shift in Kakata is Franklin Workor, a zoology graduate turned farmer, whose grassroots fish farming initiative is …