President Joseph N. Boakai Sr. has vowed to fully support the Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA) to achieve its goal of reactivating the country’s membership with the Inter African Coffee Organization (IACO). According to a LACRA statement issued Thursday, August 8, 2024, President Boakai made the commitment when the Director General of LACRA, Christopher D. Sankolo, along with Board Chair Josephine George Francis, and team accompanied a delegation of IACO to meet with the Liberian leader. The statement disclosed that the delegation was invited to Liberia by LACRA to discuss the possibility of reactivating the Country’s membership with IACO and partnership to revamp the coffee sector of Liberia. During the meeting, the Liberian leader promised to fully support the agency in achieving its membership status which he said will help to revamp the country‘s coffee sector. He hailed LACRA for its efforts to put Liberia on par with other African Nations in coffee production. The release noted that President Boakai welcomed the delegation, hoping that the institution will begin seeing the possibility to provide capacity building for young people around Africa to take over the agricultural sector. According to the statement, the IACO delegation was represented by Ambassador Solomon Rutega and Dr. Celestine Gataryiha, Secretary General and Director of Research and Development respectively. Liberia joined IACO in 1972, but its membership has been dormant as a result of the civil conflict that engulfed the country. IACO is an inter-governmental organization that was founded in 1960 by African heads of states to present the interests of African Coffee producing countries. LINA
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