Where We Work : Liberia : Livelihood Development

Improving harvests of poor farmers

We are targeting poor Liberian women farmers, to help them improve crop harvests and livestock rearing. The programme is designed to increase agricultural output, decrease livestock mortality, raise farm income, and increase rural employment.

We aim to train hundreds of suitable and experienced farmers selected from our microfinance groups as agriculture and livestock extension workers. These female volunteers are provided by us with:

• Intensive training for two weeks
• Demonstration of modern farming practices
• Microfinance loans to increase yields on their own farms
• Supplies to assist other farmers such as high quality seeds and vaccines

Through a network of extension agents, we will be able to reach out to thousands of small-scale farmers.