By: Yawah Y. Jaivey Todee, Montserrado County — The Rubber Planters’ Association of Liberia (RPAL), in partnership with the Rubber Development Fund Incorporated (RDFI), has completed the distribution of 200,000 budded rubber stumps to smallholder farmers and facilitated the establishment of 35 new bud wood nurseries across the country. According to RPAL officials, the initiative seeks to strengthen rubber production …

By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh Wee District, Grand Bassa County- the United Community Agriculture Cooperative Society (UCACS) has become the singular most important supplier of improved cassava cuttings in Wee District, following a major production breakthrough made possible through the Smallholder Agriculture Development for food and Nutrition Security (SADFONS) project. The cooperative lead farmer, Victor Kpehdyu during GAFSP assessment visit, led …

By Nukanah Kollie, kollienukanah94@gmail.com When Dr. Khaoula Belhaj-Fragnière speaks about seeds, she is not talking about something simple or ordinary. To her and to millions of farmers across the world, a seed is the first and most essential input in the food system, the foundation on which harvests rise or fall, and the silent force shaping food security, climate resilience, …