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Liberia: LFSP Boosts Cocoa Farming in Grand Gedeh, River Gee Counties Liberia: LFSP Boosts Cocoa Farming in Grand Gedeh, River Gee Counties Share MONROVIA — The Liberian Forest Sector Project (LFSP), with support from the Government of Norway through the World Bank has boosted the hopes of about 2,000 cocoa farmers in South Eastern Liberia especially Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties by procuring 150,000 f1 hybrid cocoa seeds/beans from the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana which arrived in the country Thursday, February 11, 2021. A joint team comprising technicians from the Ministry of Ag...

Liberia: Govt, Development Partners Rollup Sleeves to Issue Flag Certificates to Timbers Selling Liberia: Govt, Development Partners Rollup Sleeves to Issue Flag Certificates to Timbers Selling Share Monrovia – The long-term technical assistance for the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) in Liberia has met at the Boulevard Palace in Sinkor to institute a plan that will ensure an agreement that will see timbers and forestry products from Liberia is legally taken to the European market. The one-day workshop brought together heads of ministries and agencies, including Minister Jeanie Cooper...

Liberia: The Place Where Elephants Turn Farmers Into Miners Liberia: The Place Where Elephants Turn Farmers Into Miners Share Many people have stopped farming in Varguaye, Grand Cape Mount County because of the elephants. FrontPage Africa/James Harding Giahyue VAGUAYE, Grand Cape Mount – In 2018, James Mulbah expected a big harvest like previous years. He had planted rice on five lots of land, and that year he really wished for the rain. But when the rain finally came, it did not bring the 36-year-old any good. Just as the first raindrops hit the ground, a herd of elephants raided his farm....

Liberia: FDA/LFSP, PADEV Strengthen Forest Governance; Facilitate Formation of 20-Community Forest Organizing Committees Liberia: FDA/LFSP, PADEV Strengthen Forest Governance; Facilitate Formation of 20-Community Forest Organizing Committees Share MONROVIA – Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA), through its Community Forestry Department (CFD) has successfully supported the formation of 20-Community Forest Organizing Committees (CFOCs) in six designated counties in rural Liberia. The exercises were facilitated by Partners in Development (PADEV), a Liberian NGO hired by FDA to pro...

Joaquin M. Sendolo and Alieu Sahid Tonkara NIMBA, Liberia & LUNSAR, SIERRA LEONE – In December 2019, conflict broke out between an international mining company and the leadership of three forest-dwelling communities of Nimba County in north eastern Liberia. The communities accused the company of illegal entry into the 2,169-acre mountainous forestland. The company, Solway Mining Incorporated, expressed surprise. Liberia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy had issuedit, a license to explore for iron ore in the two forests, which border the East Nimba Nature Reserve and area leased to ArcelorMit...