By LAEJN Editorial Team Wallena, Nimba -What began as a small farmers’ group struggling with post-harvest losses and low income has grown into a rapidly expanding agricultural cooperative through targeted support from the Ministry of Agriculture under the Rural Economic Transformation Project RETRAP, an initiative funded by the World Bank. The Say No to Hunger Farmers’ Multipurpose Cooperative   Society, based …

LAEJN Editorial Team CHARLESVILLE TOWNSHIP, Margibi County — Over many difficult seasons, Betty Simpson, a widow and fishmonger in Charlesville Township situated in lower Margibi County, survived her fish trading business almost entirely on credit. With no steady capital and the responsibility of providing for her household alone, she relied on borrowed fish and informal credit arrangements just to remain …

By:Nukanah Kollie/ kollienukanah94@gmail.com  Gbarnga,Bong County—On a bright morning at the campus of the Liberia Opportunity Industrialization Center (LOIC) right at the back of Lonestar Cell MTN Office in Gbarnga, Bong County, a group of young trainees gather around newly delivered farming tools and equipment. For many of them, the items represent more than simple agricultural supplies, they symbolize a renewed …