By LAEJN Editorial Team As part of quest to help reshape the trajectory of Liberia’s agriculture sector, His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has called on the Liberian government to match rhetoric with action by allocating at least 10% of the national budget to agriculture …
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By LAEJN Editorial Team In a landmark move aimed at revitalizing Liberia’s fisheries and aquaculture industry, U.S. based MK Industries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has formally expressed its interest in partnering with the Government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), to establish the country’s first large-scale fish processing and fish meal factory in Buchanan, Grand Bassa …
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By: Richard Williams/0775339618/ 0881084573/ [email protected] Tubmanburg, Bomi County — Bomi County has launched an ambitious initiative to cultivate 16 hectares of lowland rice as part of its 2025 Agriculture Program Agenda. The initiative is being framed as a foundational step toward achieving food self-sufficiency and supporting the national ARREST agenda championed by President Joseph Boakai. The ARREST initiative prioritizes Agriculture, …
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By Samuel Borlay Lofa County, Liberia: In a bold step toward enhancing food security and economic empowerment in Liberia, the After the Rain Multi-purpose Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd has launched an ambitious agricultural development initiative in Gbandi Chiefdom, Lofa County. The project aims to transform 100 hectares of swamp land into a thriving center for sustainable agriculture. Speaking at the …
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By Josiah Pailay/ Contact: [email protected] | +231 881 913 880 / +231 775 260 307 As Bong County Technical College (BCTC) prepares for its 2025 commencement, final-year agriculture student Susan Sianneh Lake is approaching the culmination of a thesis project that exemplifies the nexus of academic research, practical application, and national development goals. Her lowland rice field experiment, located within …
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By: Richard Williams/0775339618 / 0881084573/[email protected] Gbarpolu County, Liberia – Farmers in Gbaryama and Karlo towns, Bopolu District, are raising urgent alarms over repeated invasions by wild elephants, which have not only devastated their farms but are also threatening the region’s fragile food security and economic resilience. For the past two farming seasons, residents of these forest-fringed communities have endured significant …
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Executive Mansion Press Release: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has taken a decisive step toward enhancing Liberia’s food security by signing Executive Order No. 149, which establishes the National Food Assistance Agency (NFAA). This landmark executive action underscores the government’s commitment to eradicating hunger, improving nutrition, and ensuring food security for all Liberians as part of the ARREST Agenda. Executive …
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By: Nukanah Kollie /[email protected] Bong County, Liberia – As Liberia’s poultry sector continues to grow and play an essential role in food security and rural livelihoods, it is now facing a serious challenge: recurring outbreaks of deadly poultry diseases, most notably Newcastle disease, commonly referred to by farmers as “chicken sickness.” According to Mr. Roland Varkpeh, Director of Animal Production …
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By: Moses Geply/ Maryland County Harper, Maryland County – With its rich soil and abundance of water, Maryland is a region where agriculture is at the heartbeat of daily life. As a manifestation of this, a new generation of youths is stepping up in this southeastern county of Liberia to protect the environment, and they’re doing it with the right …
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By Nukanah Kollie | [email protected] Suakoko, Bong County – In a bold push to reclaim its domestic poultry market and reduce reliance on imports, Liberia’s poultry industry stakeholders recently convened a five-day pre-validation exercise for its long-stalled National Poultry Strategy—a move hailed as a pivotal moment in the country’s agricultural reform agenda. Held at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI) …
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