News and Press Releases

 
  1. Summary of the Main Changes Brought About by the Government of Liberia's Review of the 2005 Concession Agreement with Firestone Liberia Inc.
    22nd February 2008 | Size: 84KB | File Type: pdf
Thursday, 15th April 2010
The Ministry of Agriculture on April 15-16, 2010 held an induction and orientation workshop at its 19th Street and Somalia drive offices in Monrovia. The workshop aimed at improving the institutional development, staff capacity and improved service delivery of the mandate and functions of the Minist Full Story
Cross-session of participants
Thursday, 25th March 2010
A week-long workshop bringing together fifty participants to deliberate on the improvement of Liberia Agriculture Sector is ongoing at the Ministry of Agriculture LIBSUCO office in Gardnerville. Full Story
Thursday, 25th March 2010
The Ministry of Agriculture has begun a major decentralization program in the Country with the opening of its first decentralized office in Grand Bassa County. Full Story
Participants at the CARI workshop
Monday, 22nd March 2010
A three-day workshop on the Training of Partners, Field Staff and Lead Farmers from Bong, Lofa and Nimba Counties in various methods of swamp lands rehabilitation for high yield and productivity ended recently at the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), in Suakoko, Bong County under the theme, Sustainable Food Production in Liberia Through Improved Management of Lowlands. A total of fifty participants including Lead Farmers, Partners and Ministry of Agriculture staff were trained. Full Story
Monday, 22nd March 2010
On February 24, 2010, casualty hit pigs at the Klay Fish Hatchery killing about six pigs without any notable cause. On the following day about four more pigs died from unknown cause totaling them to ten deaths. The situation was considered very serious to the extent where SOS calls were the only ava Full Story
Thursday, 28th January 2010
In continuation of the Ministry of Agriculture Decentralization Exercise, two additional integrated decentralized offices have been opened in Lofa and River Gee Counties. Full Story
Thursday, 28th January 2010
The Ministry of Agriculture has begun a major decentralization program in the Country with the opening of its first decentralized office in Grand Bassa County. Full Story
Thursday, 28th January 2010
The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with its partners hosted a two-day Workshop and Trade Fair on Liberia ’s Oil Palm Industry. Full Story
Caption: Mr. Soumaré inspects locally grown rice in Gbedin (Photo: Anthony Selmah/UNDP)
Thursday, 7th January 2010
Monrovia, Liberia – January 7, 2010: The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Recovery and Governance and Resident Coordinator of the UN system in Liberia, Mr. Moustapha Soumaré, has presented a consignment of agriculture implements and computers valued at $55,000 USD to two development organizations and the Bangladesh – Liberia Friendship Center in Ganta, Nimba County. Full Story
Monday, 4th January 2010
The Government of Liberia is pleased to announce that on January 1, 2010, Sime Darby Berhad, a Malaysian Company took over the Management of Guthrie Rubber Plantations Company. Full Story
The President
The President of Liberia
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture