KAWA MULTIMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
Importance of rubber to Liberian economy
• The company assists small scale rubber growers by supplying seeds and advice, and by buying their entire rubber production.
• Foreign exchange got from the export of rubber.
• Employment opportunities both skilled and unskilled are provided.
• Led to agricultural diversification of the economy.
• Research on tropical diseases is carried out . The company spends about 2 million dollars per year an medical services and research.
• Crop research on other cash crops like coffee, cocoa, oil palm and rice has been to improve on the quality and soil fertility.
• Generation of government revenue through taxes imposed on plantation workers, rubber export duties.
• Rubber growing has stimulated the development of industries.
• Foreign exchange got from the export of rubber.
• Employment opportunities both skilled and unskilled are provided.
• Led to agricultural diversification of the economy.
• Research on tropical diseases is carried out . The company spends about 2 million dollars per year an medical services and research.
• Crop research on other cash crops like coffee, cocoa, oil palm and rice has been to improve on the quality and soil fertility.
• Generation of government revenue through taxes imposed on plantation workers, rubber export duties.
• Rubber growing has stimulated the development of industries.