Monrovia, Jan. 17 -- The newly nominated Agriculture Minister Jannie Cooper will have a daunting task of projecting a rebirth of the sector to play a larger role in the country's economy

Looking to turn the Liberian economy around, President George Manneh Weah on Thursday took a rare step of leaping out of the box of partisan politics in nominating renowned Liberian rice producer and farmer, Ms. Jeanine Cooper as Liberia's new Minister of Agriculture.

If confirmed by the Liberian Senate, Ms. Cooper would become only the second woman to head the post, following the footsteps of Florence Chenoweth, who served from 1977 - 1980 under the Samuel Kanyon Doe regime and from 2011-2015 during the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf regime.

An Executive Mansi...