66 Farm machines worth US $103,000 have been handed over to farmers’ cooperatives in Liberia. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Liberia said it is a process of, introducing modern farm machines to farmers with the aim of changing the face of Agriculture in the country.
The machines were given to 21 women farmers’ cooperatives engaged in rice and vegetable production in four counties: Bong, Foya, Gbarpulo and Lofa. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, the International Project Coordinator of FAO in Liberia, Madam Mariatou Dagnoko presented the the first set of twenty-four farm machineries and explained that The project, under which these farm machines are handed over to farmers is titled: ‘Promoting Increased Resilience and Sustainable Income Generation, Food Security and Nutrition for Rural women’, is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of United Arab Emirates.
Empower rural women
The project seeks to empower rural women through skills training for the improvement of their production (rice, vegetable and poultry production), the promotion of adapted financing of their livelihoods in the four main counties in the country.
“The hard works of land preparation, harvesting and threshing paddy rice will be lifted and done in few time duration now with farm machines. The project will contribute to increase farmers resilience, income generation, food and nutrition security in Liberia,” said Madam Dagnoko.
