AfDb supports farmers #Liberia

Rice production per hectare has tripled for
farmers in south-east Liberia, with yields up to 3
tons per hectare for now, as compared with the
traditional long-duration low-yielding, less than 1
ton per hectare.
According to reports, this is one of the first
outcomes of a flagship agriculture project
financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB)
in Liberia, the Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation
Project, launched in 2010. The civil war in Liberia
contributed to the neglect of the agriculture
sector. This neglect caused serious food
insecurity and lack of capacity building and
empowerment of rural farming communities. In
order to address the issue, the government of
Liberia and the AfDB have agreed to invest the
sum of US$24 million to revitalize the agriculture
sector through the Agriculture Sector
Rehabilitation Project. The project aims at
contributing to food security and poverty
reduction by enhancing food security and
building community empowerment in highly
deprived rural communities in four out of the
fifteen Liberian counties: Grand Kru, Maryland,
River Gee and Grand Gedeh.