Liberia: Solidaridad Certificates Young Graduates as Oil Palm Facilitators

Aug 19, 2019 | George Harris, Observer
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Oil-palm is one of the emerging sectors attracting investor attention to Liberia from around the globe. The country’s oil palm market has seen an average annual growth of 5.9% in real terms since 2004, according to the National Investment Commission.  Also, the sector is not only home to big concessionaires including Sime Darby, Golden Veroleum and Equatorial Palm Oil, but it is also home to smallholder-farmers, as well as value chain enterprises in palm oil and palm kernel products, owned and operated by Liberians. Yet, still, the sector’s untapped business potential has cultivated a sustainable-systematic approach for full utilization.