Monrovia, June 6 -- The Rubber Planters Association and the Government of Liberia have taken decisive steps to put an end to unfair rubber pricing.

By Claudius T. Greene, Jr.

"No more unfair rubber prices," declared T. Bannie Brown, Vice President of the Rubber Planters Association of Liberia (RPAL), as he read a landmark resolution ushering in a new era of transparency and fairness for Liberia's long-struggling rubber farmers.

Speaking on behalf of the Liberia National Rubber Pricing Committee (LNRPC) at a press conference held Thursday, June 5, Brown officially announced the adoption of a government-sanctioned monthly pricing formula designed to protect farmers from being exploited by processors and middlemen.

For years, Liberia's r...