To enhance price monitoring mainly for basic food commodities across the country, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Liberia and authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), as well as the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), recently commenced a two-day Joint Price Monitoring Technical Training in Gbarnga, Bong County for 30 technicians. The Price Monitoring Technical training workshop aims to capture and facilitate experience-sharing and equipping MoA, and LISGIS field-level staff engaged in collection, analysis and reporting of market data to better communicate, improve the contents of the monthly market monitoring bulletins, and strengthen partnerships and networks. WFP and other partners have been helping us to establish our market information system, and we must sustain it and make price monitoring work well for this country. The price monitoring bulletin is relevant to universities, development partners, regional partners, people and organizations in America and elsewhere, but most importantly for us in the country,” Koiwou said. Emmanuel Anderson, WFP Liberia’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer, lauded the Liberian government for its enduring partnership with the WFP on price monitoring activities.

Source: Daily Observer May 21, 2019 02:26 UTC