By: Tokpa M. Tarnue tarnue82@gmail.com  

May 1, 2025

The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have ended a daylong stakeholders meeting with farmers in Lofa County.

Speaking to Radio Kintoma News on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Lofa County agriculture coordinator Abas Biaty disclosed that the delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization is currently working with the Ministry of Agriculture on many development programs.

He said the stakeholder’s engagements focused on current challenges faced by local farmers across the county and how the FAO can focus her attention in supporting the agricultural sector.

Local farmers attending the stakeholders’ engagement outlined several challenges confronting them in the county.

They named limited farm-to-market roads, lack of improved seedings, the lack of farming implements, and the lack of storage facilities as some of the major challenges facing them as farmers in the county.

“The partnership with FAO seeks to support the government’s ARREST Agenda with emphasis on the agricultural sector,” Mr. Biaty concluded.

By: Tokpa M. Tarnue

May 1, 2025

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has donated a huge consignment of agricultural materials to the agriculture departments of  the Voinjama Public High School and the Salayea Central High School

 Items donated by IFAD includes wheelbarrows, shovels, rain boots, axes, water Cans, and fertilizer, among other things.

 On Wednesday, during the donation in Voinjama, IFAD’s Gender Officer, Alien Lincoln, said the move is to encourage students to venture into agricultural activities.

 The IFAD Gender Officer urged beneficiaries of the materials to maximize the initiative as it is a pilot project that could be extended to other schools across the country based on the outcome at these two schools..

 Meanwhile, beneficiaries of the agricultural materials extend sincere gratitude to the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Liberian Government for the gesture.

By:  Farsue Sillah

Email: farsuesillah0@gmail.com 

Voinjama, Lofa County – The Liberia Cooperative Development Agency (CDA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Government of Liberia, has distributed essential farming tools to three cooperatives in Lofa County. The handover took place on 31 January 2025 at the Ministry’s local office in Voinjama.

The recipients included After the Rain Multi-Purpose Farmers Cooperative (Kolahun), Kpayequalleh Cooperative (Salayea), and Banglue Women Farmers Cooperative (Voinjama).

CDA Register General Hon. Lwopu G. Kandakai urged the cooperatives to use the tools responsibly, emphasizing the importance of local food production under the ARREST Agenda. “Grow the food we eat and eat what we grow,” she said.

After the Rain CEO Augustine Sangalie thanked the CDA and encouraged citizens to embrace farming. Banglue Women Chairlady Mariamu Saryon welcomed the support but noted challenges like poor storage facilities.

Lofa Agriculture Coordinator Abass Mark Biaty commended the CDA and stressed that future support would be based on performance. He also called on the media to promote agriculture in the region.

The initiative aims to boost productivity and strengthen local cooperatives as part of Liberia’s broader agricultural development efforts.