Liberia is currently struggling to meet cassava shipping requirements. This poses as a huge risk as the cassava sector stands to lose $15m from a contract with a China-based company. The company, Welcome Development Industry Limited, signed a contract with National Cassava Producers Union of Liberia (NCPUL) that could see 500 metric tons of cassava-chips exported to China on a monthly basis. Emmanuel Tambah, president of NCPUL, has expressed uncertainty about the union’s ability to meet up with the agreement, citing financial constraints. A Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements is a derivative of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, which is an international treaty of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Source: GNN Liberia February 12, 2020 09:06 UTC