What Becomes of Liberia’s Survival on Rice When India Shuts Down Due to CovidMonrovia – When India recently passed more than 20 million Covid Infections recently, the main opposition Congress Party demanded a full national lockdown of the country. Though Liberia rice imports quantity fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to increase through 1971 – 2020 period ending at 380 thousand tonnes in 2020. Industry observers and importers have been pressing for an increase in the price of rice in a bid to offset the losses. The pandemic has prompted the Rice Importers Association to launch a campaign for the the government to permit an increment on the price of rice due to rising cost of importation. In February 2018, President George Weah called a meeting with rice importers in the country where they agreed to reduce the price of rice by US$2-4.

Source: Front Page Africa July 12, 2021 07:41 UTC