China will provide a US$20 billion credit line to African countries to help in developing infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, small and medium-sized enterprises, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua, has said.
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After successful activities in the Ivory Coast and Guinea, a Europe-based non-governmental organization (NGO) has introduced a new method of farming in Liberia designed to produce fish and rice on a regular basis.
A press release from the NGO said the European Commission (EU) is funding a new food security project based in Gbarnga, Bong County. The project, Development of Sustainable Inland Fish Farming to Achieve Food Security in Rural Liberia, will be implemented by Association for Fish Farming Development in Africa (APDRA-F), a French NGO specialized in fish farming development all over Africa and its local partner NGO, Catalyst Liberia Incorporated.
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In a bid to encourage local rice production in Liberia and ensure food security, the World Food Program (WFP) purchased 1,000 metric tons (about 20,000 bags) of seed rice from Dokokan Farmers Cooperative in Gbedin, Nimba County, on Friday, March 5.
The cost of the rice is estimated at over US$300,000 which, the WFP says, was made available by the United States Government and the foundation of American billionaire and humanitarian, Howard Buffet.
The Howard Buffet Foundation provided US$1.5 million for the program, while the US Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) made available US$500,000 to be used strictly for the purchase of local rice in the country, out of a total contribution of US$3.5 million made available to the Liberia School Feeding Program in January.
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