The signatories of the MOU are the Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority Madam Emma Metieh Glassco, Dr. Inoussa Akintayo Country Director AfricaRice, and the Minister of Agriculture Madam Jennie Cooper. Sixty percent targeted farmers will be women inclusive householders/families to build on their roles as food producers and ensuring food and nutrition of their families. The entire project will last for a period of 36 months and it is put at 3.5 million Euros. The project is aimed at transforming high risk climatic traditional production system into more climatic resilient, high-yielding resource use efficient system. Worldfish and AfricaRice through this project aim to adapt improved rice-fish systems technologies and better management practices in Liberia, together with the National Agriculture Research Extension Systems (NARES), the private sector and other donor-funded projects.

Source: Front Page Africa July 02, 2020 12:56 UTC