farmers receiving farming implements
farmers receiving farming implements

farmers receive direct inputs from the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Agriculture Liberia - MOA Liberia

More farmers continue to receive direct inputs from the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Agriculture Liberia - MOA Liberia.

The beneficiaries include producers and processors along the cassava, rice, rubber oilpalm and vegetables value chains.

The MOA, which is implementing this through the Rural Economic Transformation Project (RETRAP) and the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P), also supports those into piggy and poultry.

The beneficiaries are receiving fertilizer, improved seed rice, cassava cuttings, and vegetable seeds. Other items include wheelbarrows, hoes, shovels, cutlasses, pruning , and tapping knives, approved chemicals for those involved with rubber planting, rain gears, and spraying cans, among other things.

RETRAP and STAR-P are implemented by the World Bank PIU - MOA Liberia, with funding from the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).