Liberia: Agricultural Cooperatives: Surviving in Post-War Liberia

Apr 30, 2018 | George Harris, Observer
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Cooperatives in Liberia, especially agricultural cooperatives were understood to be a driving tool of development among rural dwellers who were mostly farmers. The movement of agricultural corporative development, which started from the Ministry of Agriculture’s Cooperative Division, was reported to have had tremendous impact on the lives of farmers. Nevertheless, agricultural cooperatives also helped boost the country’s agriculture sector general contribution to national employment. Prior to the civil war in 1987, the agriculture sector, contributed around 32.7 percent of GDP and provided employment for about 75 percent of the country labor force, according to a document on Liberia by the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).