Author: Lennart Dodoo

What is a silver bullet? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a silver bullet is “something that acts as a magical weapon, especially: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem.” Many would-be pundits of Liberia’s electricity sector and LEC have made so many simplistic analyses void of factual support and understanding, which have led to erroneous conclusions.

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Farmers from Bambudu planting cocoa in the savannah to combat deforestation and climate change in Foya, Lofa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue FOYA, Lofa County – In the 1970s the Liberian government signed an agreement with Agrimenco, an Israeli company, to produce rice and palm oil in the craggy forest on Liberia’s borders with Sierra Leone and Guinea.  Later, the company left, and the Liberia Produce Marketing Corporation (LPMC) took over its plantation, retaining the district’s bread basket status. But by 1989, the Liberian Civil War (1989-2003) broke out and the project was abandoned, leaving behind huge swathes of cleared…

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