Vademco_Liberia_Executive-Director

VADEMCO, Inc. is an agribusiness firm that has the expertise in sustainable agriculture development with recognizable expertise in sustainable smallholder cocoa value chain training using Farmer Field School module and management. VADEMCO, Inc. is a grassroot and private agriculture extension services provider in a wide range of agriculture disciplines

current projects

Centre for Cocoa Development (CCD) Project (February 2019- January 2021)

VADEMCO was contracted by Solidaridad West Africa –Liberia (SWA-Liberia) project to establish and manage four (4) CCDs in Bong and Lofa Counties as On-Stop-Shop cocoa development initiative under Cocoa Intensification and Rehabilitation Programme (CORIP) in Liberia. The four CCD offices manage by VADEMCO are in Lofa- Voinjama and Kolahun and Bong-Gbartala and Palala. Providing all services to smallholder cocoa farmers, NGOs and private individuals cocoa development and production. Provides services such as seedling nursery establishment (cocoa, coffee, forest trees, etc.), farm rehabilitation services, marketing linkages, etc. European Union is the funding institution of the programme.
440,000 Cocoa seedlings nursery established in Lofa County
440,000 Cocoa seedlings nursery established in Lofa County
Farm demarcation and mapping using GPS/GIS technology
Farm Data Collection (GPS/GIS)
EU Representative field Inspection
Cocoa Development Brigade (CORIP-Youth Empowerment) Receiving Assorted Rehab. Tools
Cocoa Development Brigade (CORIP-Youth Empowerment) Receiving Assorted Rehab. Tools

Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP)
(August 2019- January 2020)

Sustainable Livelihood activities assessment in Gola Landscape forest edge community alternative livelihood (August 2019- January 2020). VADEMCO in collaboration with SCNL under the joint venture arrangement to conduct alternative livelihoods around the Gola Forest National Park which was successful complete and rollover phase in being implemented
Training of Training (TOT)Training of Training (TOT)
Farm Data Collection (GPS/GIS)

Mano River Union Ecosystem Conservation and International Water Resource Management project (April 2020 to October 2020).

Under the joint venture with SCNL, VADEMCO to provide technical assistance in identifying Forest Landscape Restoration sites in 5 landscape in Liberia and support the establishment of tree crop nurseries and production plots at the five landscapes and raising seedlings for about 20 hectares at the landscape.

recent past projects

West Africa Biodiversity Climate Change (WA-BiCC-) – May 2018-April 2020 Funded by USAID

VADEMCO was subcontracted by SCNL/RSPB to provide trainings and technical assistance to over 400 direct beneficiaries (about 2,400 Household beneficiaries) of smallholder farmers in cocoa intensification and extension services and other livelihoods activities such lowland rice land development and groundnut production using Farmer Field School (FFS) module in Porkpa District, rand Cape Mount County using conservation methodology and approaches
Harvesting Groundnut
Conducting FFS

Gola Management Agreement (GolaMA) project (August 2016- December 2019) Funded by European Union (EU)

VADEMCO was subcontracted by SCNL/RSPB to provide trainings and technical assistance to over 470 direct beneficiaries (about 2,820 Household beneficiaries) of smallholder farmers in cocoa intensification and extension services and other livelihoods activities such lowland rice land development and groundnut production using Farmer Field School (FFS) module in Kongba District, Gbarpolu County.
Sowing Groundnuts on line
Conducting FFS

Liberia Cocoa Sector Value Chain Analysis (July-November 2018) Funded by International Trade Centre/UN.

Under the Netherland Trust Fund IV Mano River Union (NTF IV) Value Chain Development for cocoa in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, International Trade Centre (ITC) hired the services of VADEMCO to conduct Liberia cocoa sector value chain analysis with the primary objective to review the Liberia cocoa Export Strategy by identifying, filling and updating the gaps that exist at the time. The analysis done very successfully.