Liberia: Solidaridad constructs the first post-war cocoa greenhouse

With support from the European Union, and through the Cocoa Value Chain Development Program (COVADEP). Solidaridad has constructed a modern cocoa greenhouse that will be used by the research institute in its drive to improve the quality of cocoa production. The cocoa sub-sector in one place, along with several other cash crops, that the national government has shifted to, to stabilize its struggling economy. Being a proven champion in the crop, Solidaridad West Africa is supporting the national effort by providing technical support to the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), which is the country’s only sectoral research institute. CARI’s Director General Dr. Victor Sumo says the action from its development partners is now addressing some of the many challenges that the institute has experienced. “CARI has been faced with various problems including, the lack of research infrastructure, inadequate staff capacity, and weak research extension linkages. A Strategic Plan ...