Monrovia – Cocoa farmers in three of Liberia’s 15 counties will shortly benefit from a three-week training workshop aimed at improving and building their capacity. “Through the training, Solidaridad seeks to provide insights on good cocoa production practices for proper transfer of know-how to 51 farmers field school communities across Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties,” the release said. It added that Solidaridad, under the Liberia Cocoa Sector Improvement Program (LICSIP), aims to revamp the sector through a collective effort from the government of Liberia and private institutions. “LICSIP seeks to revitalize the Liberian cocoa sector by creating a vibrant, competitive and profitable cocoa economy driven by farmer group or associations and private sector supply actors, with in a robust national regulatory and institutional framework. At the end of the workshop several cocoa farmers from across the three counties would carry on additional training in agricultural and mini-business services, the release added.

Source: Front Page Africa March 18, 2018 21:56 UTC