Support a hatchery and feed mill in Liberia

Pictured here is a participant in BRAC’s agriculture program in Liberia. After an intensive training in agriculture best-practices, Aliyah is the chairwoman of a group of fifteen other farmers. She teaches sustainable methods of cultivating seven nutritious crops, including cucumber, corn, pepper, eggplant, plantains, potatoes, and cassava. Together, she and her cooperative group cultivate these crops on land donated by the local community.

With the help of generous donors like you, the seed farm, feed mill, and poultry hatchery have become thriving social businesses over the past few years. In 2016 alone, the poultry farm produced nearly 40,000 day old chicks and more than 200,000 pounds of feed. Now, these enterprises complement other BRAC projects by providing affordable and quality resources for smallholder farmers whose livelihoods depend on their produce. The seed farm, feed mill, and hatchery provide farmers like Aliyah with the inputs they need for their farms, and businesses, to thrive.

As the seed farm, feed mill, and poultry hatchery continue to serve Liberians, new projects are expanding and strengthening these enterprises. We recently began a new project that will grow the feed mill and poultry hatchery so its goods can reach more smallholder farmers. It will also support local businesses in the region that produce other necessary agricultural inputs like gardening tools, fertilizer, and vaccines for animals.

This project will both expand the community’s small businesses and train more farmers and community-based promoters in agriculture and livestock techniques and nutritious food practices.

The program will train 720 local groups of smallholder farmers from 15,000 new households on poultry and livestock rearing, climate-smart agriculture, nutritional homestead gardening, and skills to market their products. Nutrition awareness campaigns will teach the community, especially pregnant women and mothers, how to follow a healthy and balanced diet. Locally trained agriculture and livestock promoters will also spread this knowledge through their communities on a grassroots level.

In total, the project will benefit an estimated 155,000 people within three years. Evidence shows participants will leave the program empowered with skills and knowledge that enable them to produce more food, improve their families’ health and nutrition, raise their incomes, and build sustainable livelihoods for themselves. Thank you for your continued support!

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