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 …