Final evaluation : tools and seeds project implemented in Bong and Nimba Counties by the Lutheran World Federation/World Service

The project was implemented by Lutheran World Relief. Farmers, who comprise about 85% of the people in Bong and Nimba counties, are enthusiastic about the seeds and tools distribution program, which, despite various constraints, has proven to be a good undertaking. The project benefitted more than 17,000 farm families (vs. a target of 10,000), each of which received 24 kg of seed rice and 25 kg of bulgur wheat. A total of 29,631 pieces of farm tools, which include cutlasses, scratching and regular hoes, shovels, axes, files, and buckets, were sold at subsidized prices for an amount equal to over US$21,000. This money is being used for communities development projects, such as the building of bridges, latrines, and wells, and the renovation of a school. The project also distributed, on a payback scheme, 2.25 metric tons of foundation seed among 36 farming groups for planting on 60 acres in upland or swampland areas.