The government of Liberia has launched a new model of community gardening. Gambia, the Ministry of Agriculture with technical support from FAO Liberia will rolled out lessons learned training on the management of the new model dubbed ‘Farming from Box’.
The training will target eight beneficiary farming communities in Bong, Bomi, Margibi, and Nimber Counties. Farming from a Box provides a scalable agricultural infrastructure (a well-laid out farmland, poultry facility and irrigation system) to modernize community-driven farming in a cost-effective and sustainable way. The system comes equipped with solar power technology, irrigation systems, water purification resources, a greenhouse, office and cold storage facility.
Improved vegetable and poultry production
According to the Head of Programmes, Mr. Octavius Quarbo, through this intervention, the beneficiary farmers have undergone training on improved vegetable and poultry production. To better prepare the farmers for the set-up, management and operations of the community gardens, FAO Liberia sought technical support from FAO Gambia to learn from the experiences of its European Union-funded MDG 1 Project on Community Gardens.
Mr. Octavius Quarbo, FAO Liberia Head of Programmes indicated that FAO Liberia is establishing eight vegetable and poultry integrated gardens in four counties in Liberia. Therefore, The Gambia having had success stories operating such gardens, they thought it prudent to undertake a study tour to learn lessons from The Gambia.
“As we prepare the beneficiary farmers to take ownership and management of these gardens established in four counties in Liberia, we thought it pertinent to bring them to The Gambia to learn from their fellow farmers best agricultural pPost Views: 7ractices to adopt,” said Mr. Octavius.
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