Ben TC Brooks The Cooperative Development Agency has conducted a two-day training session focused on enhancing financial management, record-keeping, and leadership skills for local farmer cooperatives in River Gee County, designed to improve operational efficiency, financial sustainability, and leadership roles within the agricultural sector. The training aimed to empower cooperative leaders and members with the necessary knowledge and skills to …

By Jefferson Massah/[email protected] /+231886828622 Dakar, Senegal – Liberia has announced an ambitious $900 million agriculture investment program designed to transform the country’s food systems, boost rural livelihoods, and accelerate economic growth over the next five years. Agriculture Minister Alexander Nuetah unveiled the Legacy Investment Program on the sidelines of the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, Senegal. The plan prioritizes …

By Maximo Torero For the first time in years, global hunger is edging down: from 8.5 percent of the world population in 2023 to 8.2 percent in 2024, according to the UN’s food security report. It’s a modest but welcome shift from the devastating surge that followed the pandemic. But Africa is a notable exception to this global trend. Last …

By Jefferson Massah,  [email protected] /+231886828622 Dakar, Senegal — The President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Ms. Alice Ruhweza, has urged governments, private sector actors, researchers, farmers, and civil society to accelerate collective action to strengthen Africa’s food systems. She made the call at the opening of the 2025 Africa Food Systems Forum, held in Dakar, …

Jefferson Massah, [email protected] /+231886828622 Dakar, Senegal – The Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2025 has drawn more than 6,000 delegates to Dakar in what is being framed as a defining moment for the continent’s agricultural future. The scale of participation reflects both the urgency and the complexity of the challenges facing Africa’s food systems at a time of rising climate shocks, …

By: Nukanah Kollie Susan Nanduddu, Executive Director of the African Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE), is urging African governments and development partners to prioritize adaptation and ensure climate finance reaches vulnerable communities. Speaking in an interview on Super Bongese Radio from Kampala, Wednesday, August 20,2025, she stressed that the worsening impacts of climate change are undoing decades of development …

By: Richard Williams/0775339618/ 0881084573/[email protected] Tubmanburg, Bomi-The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and with support from the Global Environment Facility, has concluded a two-day training for focus points and climate change working groups in Cape Mount and Bomi counties. The sessions, conducted under a project titled Enhancing the Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities …

Sarah Winnie Ellis, Greenville,Sinoe County  The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in Sinoe County has called on Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) to fulfill its agricultural livelihood support obligations to smallholder farmers as outlined in the company’s concession agreement with the Government of Liberia. The call follows a review conducted by the MOA technical team, led by County Agriculture Coordinator Prosper Maxwell …

Ben TC Brooks, [email protected] Tuobo Gbaweliken, River Gee County – The farming cooperative Bâituogkhã has proudly commenced the harvest of lowland rice in Tuobo Gbaweliken, Electoral District 3, River Gee County—an important milestone made possible through the support of the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) under the Ministry of Agriculture. The cooperative, whose name Bâituogkhã translates to …

By: Richard Williams/0775339618/ 0881084573/ [email protected] Senjeh District, Bomi – A group of thirty subsistence farmers in rural Bomi County, united under the name “Bomujeh”—which means “Don’t Sit” in the Gola dialect—are urgently appealing to the Liberian government and development partners for immediate assistance in bolstering their rice farming efforts. The farmers, who are based in Bola Town, say their mission …