Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia short of achieving widespread development goals. One of its biggest challenges is that the agricultural sector is underdeveloped. Levels of food insecurity remain high. People are food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life.
Adrino Mazenda conducted research among women-headed households involved in agriculture to find out how they manage. The Conversation Africa’s Caroline Southey asked him about the research.
