CEO Mohammed V. Kamara made the call over the week after returning from Cotonou, Benin, where he represented Liberia at the General Convention of West African Rice Production. Kamara narrated that he gave a detail insight of Liberia’s rice sector, including production and land acquisition. He used the occasion to urge Liberians to be mindful with eating imported foods especially rice; adding: “Most of the imported rice do not go through laboratory processes showing the understanding of production and expiry dates. Most of the rice coming to African countries are re-bagged.”“Most of our people, who are now suffering from Diabetes got the sickness from what they had eaten especially imported rice. Before we do that, we need to firstly focus on the type of food, especially rice our future leaders are going to be eating,” he added.

Source: Front Page Africa January 08, 2020 06:11 UTC