Monrovia, May 29 -- When scrolling through the UN Women and Orange Foundation-supported "Buy from Women digital platform, the faces of four Liberian women farmers appear. Fifty-six-year-old Gertrude Kpoleh, an oil palm and cassava farmer from Bong County, is one of them.

By Tina S. Mehnpaine, contributing writer

Through her Cooperative, Meni-Nina Farmers, located in Bellemu Town, Bong County, Kpoleh's crops are harvested from her farm, sold to the cooperative, and uploaded to the platform where customers from Liberia and other parts can browse to buy with prices attached. Customers are responsible for the delivery fees.

Before joining the Cooperative in 2021, Kpoleh struggled with access to the market to sell her crops. The deplorable...