NO WORRY FOR JOB AS LONG AS I TILL THE SOIL...
Freeman Kollie, a vegetable farmer who helps other farmers scale up beyond subsistence operations... Freeman Kollie, a graduate from the college of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Liberia (UL) is developing 5 acres of land with vegetables to sustain his family as well as assisting several smallholder farmers with farm inputs to improve their crops production. Located in Bong Mines community, Fuamah District, Bong County Kollie is growing vegetables and providing extension services to farmers with meager resources in four counties, including Bong, Nimba, Margibi and Montserrado. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Observer recently, Kollie stressed that agriculture is the way forward for the Liberian economy and so there is a need that more of the citizens invest in the sector. “I graduated with skills in agriculture from the U.L in 2015 and, since then, I have gained self-employment in the agricultural sector,” he said. “There is a perception that many st...