Maryland County, Sept. 17 -- Maryland County District 3 Representative Austin Taylor has raised serious concerns over the exclusion of Southeastern counties from a new $4 million agriculture support project launched by the Ministry of Agriculture under the Public Sector Investment Project (PSIP).

The project, which aims to increase rice production and reduce Liberia's reliance on imports, is currently supporting 500 farmers across eight counties. However, none of the beneficiaries come from Maryland, Grand Kru, River Gee, Sinoe, or Grand Gedeh Counties.

In a Facebook post on Monday, Representative Taylor questioned the criteria used to select the beneficiary counties and called for regional balance in future government initiatives.

He...