Liberia Farmers Development Corporation

Liberia is a poor country and is ranked **1 out of **9 on the ***8 Human Development Index (UNDP). Liberia’s economy, institutional, and human capacity were virtually destroyed by the conflict that pervaded the country between ***9 and ***3, and the situation was further affected by the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in ********5. Liberian agriculture comprises food and tree crops, fisheries, and livestock. The sector is a significant contributor to the economy in terms of employment and foreign exchange earnings, and a primary determinant of nutrition, education, poverty reduction, and rural transformation. Rice and cassava are the main staple food crops, while rubber, oil palm, and cocoa are the dominant export tree crops. Women are major players in the sector, producing over *0% of agricultural products and constituting the majority of smallholder producers and the agricultural labor force.
The Liberia Farmers Development Corporation (LIFADCO) is a registered Agricultural Organization operating in Nimba County for the past (3) Three years working with over 6,**0 farmers in two hundred faming Kuu groups across Nimba County, Liberia. Specifically, the organization is engaged in cultivating Rice, Cassava and Vegetable with the farmers. Both lowland & upland rice, rearing of snail, rearing of honey Bee, growing of theobroma (cacao), oil palm etc. 
During the past farming seasons, the organization and the farmers cultivated **0 hectares in cassava, *2 hectares in rice, and *7 hectares in vegetables. However, Farmers field schools (FFS) Farming as a Business (FaaB) and training with networking components were initiated.Liberia is a poor country and is ranked **1 out of **9 on the ***8 Human Development Index (UNDP). Liberia’s economy, institutional, and human capacity were virtually destroyed by the conflict that pervaded the country between ***9 and ***3, and the situation was further affected by the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in ********5. Liberian agriculture comprises food and tree crops, fisheries, and livestock. The sector is a significant contributor to the economy in terms of employment and foreign exchange earnings, and a primary determinant of nutrition, education, poverty reduction, and rural transformation. Rice and cassava are the main staple food crops, while rubber, oil palm, and cocoa are the dominant export tree crops. Women are major players in the sector, producing over *0% of agricultural products and constituting the majority of smallholder producers and the agricultural labor force.
The Liberia Farmers Development Corporation (LIFADCO) is a registered Agricultural Organization operating in Nimba County for the past (3) Three years working with over 6,**0 farmers in two hundred faming Kuu groups across Nimba County, Liberia. Specifically, the organization is engaged in cultivating Rice, Cassava and Vegetable with the farmers. Both lowland & upland rice, rearing of snail, rearing of honey Bee, growing of theobroma (cacao), oil palm etc. 
During the past farming seasons, the organization and the farmers cultivated **0 hectares in cassava, *2 hectares in rice, and *7 hectares in vegetables. However, Farmers field schools (FFS) Farming as a Business (FaaB) and training with networking components were initiated.