The proposed legislation was discussed during the NC3P Cocoa Sector Platform forum meeting last week in Monrovia. President George Weah has in the past stated that he wants to make the revitalization of Liberia’s cocoa sector a national priority. The NC3P Cocoa Sector Platform is a multi-actor coalition of government, private sector, development programs, civil society and farming communities that assists in guiding the design and implementation of development interventions within Liberia’s cocoa sector. It is unclear how changing LACRA’s mandate will translate to greater benefits for Liberian cocoa farmers: favorable pricing, improved services and easier access to agricultural inputs. Solidaridad works with over 5,000 cocoa farmers in Bong, Nimba and Lofa, and has distributed over a million hybrid cocoa seedlings, according Bafaie.

Source: Front Page Africa February 11, 2020 01:07 UTC