Nigeria’s JR Farms Group and Liberia’s Ministry of Agriculture have signed the implementation agreement for a $60 million partnership aimed at reviving and scaling Liberia’s coffee industry over the next 20 years.
The agreement, signed in Monrovia on June 8, 2026, marks the official commencement of the deal. It will cover the development of commercial-scale coffee nursery hubs across five counties, the registration and onboarding of more than 200,000 farmers nationwide, and the training of extension workers and farmers.
The partnership also includes the construction of coffee washing stations and market infrastructure designed to integrate Liberian coffee into global supply chains.
The project is expected to boost rural incomes, create jobs across the value chain, and position Liberia as a competitive exporter in the international coffee market.
Rotimi Opeyemi Olawale, founder and the group chief executive of JR Farms Group,
expressed his satisfaction about the progression of the project, which he noted will spur nationwide cross-cutting development in Liberia.
‘Since signing the main partnership in June 2026, we have recorded tremendous progress and serious commitment to the partnership,’ Olawale said.
‘We are confident the project is heading in a great direction, with the scale, the project will create close to half a million direct and indirect jobs in Liberia, majorly in rural areas, contribute to the country’s GDP and income and position Liberia as a global exporter of coffee,’ he explained.
He stated that the Liberia Ministry of Agriculture, under the leadership of Neutah Alexander, has been very active and committed to supporting the project.
‘We appreciate the Honorable Minister and President Boakai, for his visionary leadership and support for agricultural development in Liberia,’ he said.
The partnership aligns with the interest and focus of the Liberian Government, which had earlier placed coffee as the sole priority crop of the country under the Food and Agriculture Organisation project of ‘One Country, one Priority Crop’.
Under the leadership of Neutah Alexander, minister of Agriculture, Liberia is witnessing the most organised, precise, and largest revamp of the coffee value chain in its history, evident in the partnership with JR Farms.
The Liberian government has allocated land to JR Farms across the five counties for the development of commercial-scale nurseries and the breeding of Liberica, Arabica, and Robusta coffee varieties that will be planted by farmers nationwide.
The signing of the implementation would be followed by the immediate flag-off of the nurseries hubs in Bomi and Great Cape Mount Counties with capacities to produce 1 million coffee seedlings per cycle.
Since the signing of the partnership, JR Farms has galvanized immense global support from its partners, including the International Labour Organisation, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, among others.
Last month it officially presented the project to the International Labour Organisation head office in Geneva, where critical support for Liberian coffee farmers was discussed.