Liberia: USAID’s Farmer of the Year Promotes Garden Programs

Sep 30, 2019 | George Harris, Observer
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Urban population growth is affecting land availability for vegetable production, a situation beclouding the future of urban farming in Liberia. But USAID’s 2019 Farmer of the Year, Sophie Parwon, is one of the few trying to keep home gardening momentum high. Parwon became USAID 2019 Farmer of the Year for focusing on providing best agricultural practices to rural farmers and producing livestock to tackle the issue of affordable fresh meat in urban areas of Monsterrado and Grand Bassa counties.