To Promote Agriculture In Liberia And Support Pres. Boakai’s Agenda
Aware International School System has held an Agricultural Exhibition to support President Joseph Boakai’s agenda to promote agriculture in the country, officials of the school say.
The agricultural exhibition is to also encourage farming among students, the students of Aware International School System on Friday, March 22 held an agricultural exhibition with students joyfully displayed various vegetables products.
Aware International School System, an Indian-run institution located on the GSA Road, in Paynesville. The event was attended by students, parents, teachers, and school administrators.
The theme of this year’s exhibition was ‘Agriculture for Self-Reliance.”’. Students from all grades participated in the exhibition which focused on promoting sustainable and affordable food production among students and the people of Liberia.
Some students created working models of machines and devices, while others made art and crafts from recycled materials.
The exhibition was a great success, and it was clear that the students had put a lot of hard work into their projects. The judges were impressed with the creativity and innovation of the students.
The exhibition was a student to learn the importance of science, technology, engineering and arts and agriculture. The exhibition was a great success, and it was a testament to the hard work and creativity 0 the students at Aware International School System.
The event was also a great opportunity for students to showcase their agricultural skills and display their vegetables products. In his remarks, guest speaker P. Folton Blasin Assistant Minister for Agriculture who proxy for Agriculture Minister Dr J. Alexander Nuetah praised the administration for instilling in students a profound sense of reverence for agriculture, imparting knowledge about cultivation methods.
Minister Blasin assured the students of the government commitment to supporting the establishment of an agricultural club in the school and other schools nationwide. According to the Minister, the government has already launched the University and Community Colleges agricultural farms at the University of Liberia.
‘We will ensure that all Public Universities and Community Colleges have agriculture farms where students will have practical agricultural knowledge upon graduation.” “We will also do it differently this time around.
“Blasin noted that to make the economy self-reliant, achieving Self-Reliance and self-sustainability in agriculture depends not only on infrastructure and governance reform but also on decreasing the agri-imports bill and increasing farmer’s income.
He noted that agriculture is a major sector of the country economy worth 38.8% of the GDP. “It employs more than 70% of the population and provides a valuable export for one of the world’s least developed countries as defined by the UN.
It also forms the basis of many other economics. ” He said he has realised that the smallholder farmers who worked to meet the food requirements of the ever-growing population of the country lack basic amenities and resources.
To enable Liberia to fully utilise its agricultural potential, the minister observed that primarily the smallholder farmers. “This government has however decided to employ specific strategies to promote productivity growth in the agriculture sector.”
“This administration will adopt the value-chain approach to agriculture development and take specific actions to develop the value-chains of targeted agricultural commodities that support national food self-sufficiency and the development of the national economy,” the Minister added.
Both, Blasin, Assistant Minister and Clifford Konah, Assistant Minister for Teacher Education at the Ministry of Education visited each of the students exhibits, carefully inspecting what they had produced. Ministers Blasin and Konah were notably impressed with the students’ agricultural abilities as they took in the luxuriant vegetation that filled the hall.