Monrovia, June 16 -- The Ministry of Agriculture and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched what they termed as LibRice in an attempt to improve rice production in Liberia.
The rice production project is a smallholder farmers' initiative. It is the first Technical Cooperation project between the Liberian government and JICA.
The LibRice Project that was signed on January 7, 2021, is four years agricultural intervention project with the aim to empower smallholder farmers to increase their rice yield in Bong County, a county that is believed to be the foremost county for domestic rice production in Liberia.
Speaking at the launch, the Minister of Agriculture Madam Jeanine Milly Cooper said the innovation that is goi...