By: Nukanah Kollie/ IFAJ-Alltech Young Leader & Fellow/ [email protected] As the rainy season intensifies across Liberia, residents of Brooklyn Community, a densely populated area in Gbarnga, are raising growing concerns over flooding, environmental degradation, and worsening living conditions they believe are linked to ongoing sand mining activities in the area. For many families, the fear is no longer only about damaged …

By: Nukanah Kollie/ IFAJ-Alltech Young Leader & Fellow/ [email protected] BONG COUNTY—As climate change continues to threaten agricultural production in Liberia, scientists at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) are developing new climate-resilient rice varieties aimed at helping farmers adapt to changing weather conditions and improving national food security. At CARI’s research station in Suakoko, Bong County, rice breeders are testing several …

By: Nukanah Kollie / IFAJ-Alltech Young Leader & Fellow / [email protected] JORQUELLEH, BONG COUNTY—Liberian farmer and agricultural investor Jeff Juahkollie is calling for stronger agricultural systems, policy reforms and market structures to improve support for farmers across Liberia, particularly in the cocoa and oil palm sectors, which he describes as some of the country’s most economically valuable crops. During an …

By: Nukanah Kollie LISBON, PORTUGAL—The World Seed Congress 2026, the world’s largest annual gathering of the seed sector, has concluded in Lisbon with record participation from more than 900 companies and organizations and the historic election of Lorena Basso as the first female President of the International Seed Federation (ISF) in its 102-year history. Hosted by the ISF under the …

By Judoemue M. Kollie ZOWIENTA, Bong County — As Liberia intensifies efforts to achieve 70 percent rice self-sufficiency within the next five years, one locally driven farming enterprise in Bong County is steadily emerging as a model of rural agricultural transformation. Bread Basket Best’s Farming Company (BBBFCO), based in Zowienta, is expanding its rice production operations by opening 30 new …

By Ishmael   Menkor, LAEJN Nimba Coordinator The Liberia Farmers Development Corporation (LIFADCO), a locally owned agricultural organization operating in Nimba County, has taken major steps to boost domestic rice production as part of efforts to reduce Liberia’s heavy dependence on imported rice. Liberia continues to spend more than US$200 million annually on rice importation, making rice one of the country’s …

GANTA, Nimba County — Liberia is taking new steps to strengthen its organic agriculture sector and improve access to premium international markets through a five-day capacity building workshop on the European Union’s updated organic certification standards. The training, organized under the GROW2 Project, is funded by the Embassy of Sweden in Liberia and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development …

By :Nukanah Kollie SUAKOKO, Bong County — The Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) is expanding the use of technology to improve climate monitoring and agricultural research in Liberia through two regional weather stations installed at its headquarters in Suakoko, Bong County. The stations are collecting and analyzing climate data from Bong, Nimba, and Lofa Counties, providing scientists with real-time information …

Media Release  The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia has already begun deploying its technical teams across the various counties as part of the Nationwide Environmental Compliance Monitoring Exercise scheduled to run for two weeks. The exercise, which will begin on Monday, May 18, 2026, will cover all fifteen counties, aimed at ensuring strict compliance with environmental permits and regulations across …

By: Nukanah Kollie/ IFAJ-Alltech Young Leader & Fellow/ [email protected] GBARNGA, BONG COUNTY—On a quiet stretch along the Gbarnga–Lofa highway, about six kilometers from the Bong County Police Station, adjacent the Jor Creek, the sound of flowing water and activity around freshly dug ponds signals what Jeff Juahkollie believes could become part of Liberia’s agricultural future. Sitting near a series of fish …