Harbel, Margibi County – Firestone Liberia has announced that the company will continue the temporary halt on the purchase of rubber in early second quarter, contrary to its promise to resume in April. The company then promised to resume rubber purchase activities during early second quarter, which is the beginning of April, this year. “Firestone Liberia has made the difficult but necessary decision to not resume rubber purchase operations in early 2nd quarter as previously announced,” the company said in the statement released by its Communication Officer, Patrick Honnah. As the situation continues to develop, Firestone Liberia noted that it will remain in close communication with local rubber farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture on the company’s next steps to resume rubber purchase activities. Meanwhile, the company’s decision is a big blow to the thousands of local farmers who depends on the company to sell their rubber for their livelihood.

Source: Front Page Africa April 01, 2020 06:19 UTC