Support a hatchery and feed mill in Liberia

Thanks to GlobalGiving supporters, BRAC’s poultry hatchery in Liberia has been paramount to Liberia rebuilding supply chains following the Ebola outbreak. Much of this was detailed in the last report.

To date, BRAC has trained 240 backyard poultry farmers and 200 community livestock promoters. Its nutrition campaigns and meetings have reached more than 90,000 people. BRAC was also featured in Liberia’s local paper, The Inquirer. Below is the article as it appeared on May 26, 2015.

BRAC-Liberia Gives Boost to Poultry Industry

BRAC Liberia, a non-government organization, which started its livestock and agriculture development program in Liberia in 2008, says while the poultry sector remains an important economic sector, it also plays a key role in income generation, poverty alleviation and food security of the country.

This intervention has made a tremendous change in the poultry industry and is helping scores of Liberians raise more chickens and meat as well as encouraging them to produce fresh eggs and meat in the country to reduce malnutrition.

BRAC Liberia has successfully established a poultry hatchery and feed mill in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County and is currently producing quality feed for the poultry and pig farmers in rural communities.

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Mr. Mohammed Abdus Salam, BRAC Liberia Country Representative said despite the difficulty the poultry industry continues to grow in Liberia. He expressed optimism that the poultry industry will play a key role in boosting the country’s economy in a not too distant future.

Salam added that more farmers are joining in the industry’s rapid development stressing, “The poultry industry is growing smoothly because of new technology and the use of locally available feed ingredients, breeding, hatching, and other inputs. Let this sector flourish to benefit the country.”

With the full implementation BRAC Poultry Hatchery and Feed Mill would serve as a remedy to the growing public demand for meat and fresh eggs in Liberia’s trade and commerce, thereby creating employment opportunities for poultry and livestock farmers.

More than 1,000 farmers and 600 livestock and poultry promoters are currently benefiting from the program styled as BRAC Diamond Poultry Feed and BRAC Diamond Pig Feed. Also this paper observed that some 20 staff is working with the project which includes technicians, shed supervisors, cleaners and laborers.

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[The project] is expected to be sustained for several years wherein poultry farmers around the country will be self-sustainable and at the same time generate more income to improve their shattered lives after several years of civil war in Liberia.