Farm Builders

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, 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 is positioning to train farmers both to grow rubber, and to become "agro-preneurs" capable of creating successful farm businesses.

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. These low costs complement Liberia's other competitive advantages, which include a good growth climate and proximity to Western markets.