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Rice Millers Drive Productivity and Capacity in Smallholder Rice Farming in Lao PDR






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    Rice is Liberia’s staple food, but over 90 percent of the country’s rice needs is imported at the cost of about USD 80 million a year. Liberia’s population growth has given rise to an increase in the demand for rice. This increase, coupled with low productivity, has led to a deficit in national rice production, as demonstrated by the huge variance between imported rice and local production. In addition, the rice development sector of the country faces multiple threats that challenge the economic and food security of the population. Farmers are constantly experiencing erratic rainfall patterns and unprecedented sweeping winds and floods, resulting in crop failures. Against this background, production patterns in the country are semi rudimentary , and the lack of equipment for agricultural work is one of the main problems faced by rice growers. The project aimed to enhance smallholder rice farmers’ capacity to increase their productivity, through the introduction of modern rice varieties and production techniques, as well as agricultural equipment, in two of the country’s three ‘breadbasket’ counties, Bong and Lofa.
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    Grameen Foundation’s breakthrough FarmerLink program combines satellite data and farm data collected by mobile-equipped field agents to help coconut farmers in the Philippines, to increase field agents to help coconut farmers in the Philippines to increase productivity, deal with crop pests and diseases, cope with extreme weather and increase the sustainability of their farms. Grameen Foundation developed FarmerLink using human-centered design and in collaboration with partner organizations and their trusted network of field agents. Its design and delivery enables smallholder farmers, to overcome usability challenges in working with mobile services and offers access to precious, previously unavailable information.

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