Farm Builders
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Farm Builders is a social enterprise in Liberia with the mission of building smallholder farms.[1][2] Farm Builders is headquartered in Kakata District in the Republic of Liberia. They have received awards for social innovation from Echoing Green and the Mulago Foundation.[1]
Services Offered
Farm Builders helps farmers in Liberia by rejuvenating old rubber farms destroyed or damaged during Liberia's civil conflict. They also provide management and financing for farm owners to rebuild their plantations and to encourage the development of food and cash crops on existing plots of land, with the goal of ensuring food and income security for farmers. Farm Builders also works in partnership with Buchanan Renewables,[3] a clean biomass energy company, which uses the wood from redundant rubber trees for power generation.
Rubber growing
In partnership with a native Liberian rubber producer, Morris Rubber, a Liberian vocational training center, Farm Builders aims to train farmers both to grow rubber, and to become "agro-preneurs" capable of creating successful farm businesses.[citation needed]
Agroforestry
Farm Builders helps smallholders access new markets, including export markets by expanding via their agroforestry model, in which land and clearing costs are low because they are shared between multiple crops[citation needed]. These low costs complement Liberia's other advantages in the rubber market, which include a good growth climate and proximity to Western markets.
References
- ^ a b "Farm Builders Controller Job Vacancy in Liberia – Dutable". 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ Builders.nl/ "Welcome". FARMBUILDERS. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "US loans fueled insider deal, failed power plan in Liberia". AP News. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2024-03-28.