By: Melvin Flomo
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Monrovia, Liberia – As part of efforts to strengthen Liberia’s agricultural sector and empower local farming groups, the Deputy Registrar General of the Cooperative Development Agency (CDA), Hon. Edwina J. Boima, has continued the distribution of essential farm implements to Farmer-Based Organizations (FBOs) in Maryland County.
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM IMPLEMENTS
The latest beneficiaries include the Middle Time Cassava Farmers Cooperative and Do Your Own Things Farmers Cooperative. The distribution forms part of a nationwide initiative to support farming cooperatives with tools necessary to improve productivity and reduce the strain of manual labor.
During the exercise, Hon. Boima reaffirmed the government’s commitment to transforming the agricultural sector from a subsistence model to a more commercially viable industry. She emphasized that tools such as cutlasses, hoes, rakes, wheelbarrows, and watering cans play a vital role in helping smallholder farmers boost their yields.
“This gesture goes beyond distributing tools. It is about giving our farmers the means to thrive, meet market demands, and contribute to national food security,” Boima stated.
She also noted that the initiative is part of the CDA’s broader strategy to strengthen the operational capacity of registered cooperatives. The agency, she said, is collaborating with community leaders and cooperative heads to ensure that the tools reach the right beneficiaries and are used effectively.
Beneficiary farmers in Maryland County welcomed the support with gratitude, calling it a timely intervention. Many highlighted the importance of receiving such assistance as the rainy season a peak period for farming activities.
CERTIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE GROUPS
The CDA Boss Lwopu G. Kandankai underscored that her decision for the certification of members of the cooperative groups follows promptly after the distribution of farm implements to farmers across Maryland County.
Amongst the many cooperative groups, the Vasco Town Women Agriculture Association (FBOs) and the Maryland Rural Women Farmers' Association (FBOs) were the two separate groups that received certificates for their contribution to medium rice production and food security in the country.
Following the Distribution of Farming tools and the Certification of Cooperative Groups, the CDA Registrar General Kandakai and the Deputy Registrar Boima pledged that similar interventions and rewards would be extended to other underserved farming communities across Liberia. Both of them emphasized that empowering cooperative groups remains a top priority under the Agricultural component of the ARREST Agenda as the country moves toward food self-sufficiency and broader economic diversification.
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