Liberia: World Bank, Moving to Increase Seeds Production in Liberia

May 1, 2014 | AllAfrica
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Monrovia — Liberia's staple food is rice, but the country relies heavily on imported rice to feed the over 3 million population, despite having a fertile soil, good vegetation and one of the largest virgin forest in the West African sub region.

The Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) is an institute operating under the Ministry of Agriculture and is involved in agricultural projects aimed at assisting Liberian farmers with quality seeds and other varieties of seeds including improved methods of cultivation of rice and cassava two kinds of food that are consumed in Liberia on a large scale.