Liberia News: Liberia’s First Agricultural Satellite Launched
…For Improved Food Security, Enhancing Agriculture Productivity
By Perry B. Zordyu
Liberia-A group under the banner, “Liberian Girls in Orbit,” has launched what they termed as leveraging space technology for agricultural innovation to better the improvement of food security in Liberia.
The launch of the satellite also microgravity research for improved food security as well as enhanced Liberia’s agricultural productivity and food security.
Giving an overview of the project, the Founder and CEO of Liberian Girls in Orbit, Miss Lucia Maxama Welwolie said the launch is intended to monitor crop growth, land use and environmental changes.
Miss Maxama Welwolie noted that the microgravity experiments on the International Space Station will be taken into account using rice and cassava, which are Liberia’s stable food, and combine satellite data and biological research for innovative agricultural solutions.
She further that the agricultural monitoring satellite launched will help study the microgravity effects on rice and cassava, develop food security and productivity strategies, and to better strengthen scientific research capacity in agriculture and space technology.
The Liberian Girls in Orbit has become the first ever institution to launch the country’s first-ever agricultural satellite into space, which is expected to transform the living standards of citizens and better food security across the country.
Speaking at the launch of the occasion, the Acting Commissioner at the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, Patrick Honnah stressed that the launch has a huge potential for national growth and development adding it will pave the way for numerous technological institutions and organizations to invest in the country’s digital system and improve serviceable products that tend to benefit the massive.
Mr. Honnah said as Liberia is gradually entering an era of globalization and technological advancement, it is prudent to e-agriculturalize technology, and as such, universal access to technology plays a vital role in upholding the operations of the agricultural satellite.
The Acting Commissioner of Liberia Telecommunications Authority, however, said that the agricultural satellite will be used not only for agricultural purposes but also to enable a life-changing environment in the country, thus pleading his Agency’s fullest commitment to elevating the satellite to seeing progressive food security.
Also, speaking at the launch, the Port Manager of J.S. Payne Emmanuel Taplah said technology is crucial and significant, especially in the era of cultivating information and resourcing ideas, noting that Liberia as a country depends on technology to shift the dynamics of a growing population and education and the knowledge that will interchange the country’s already existing destiny.
He said it is setting the path for neighboring countries and development partners to troops in with robust investment that will widely increase the appetite for technology among citizens, thus opting that Liberia can be a place of attraction to technological advancement in Western Africa.
J.S. Payne, Port Manager, pledged his unwavering support in ensuring that Liberia become standardized technology-wise and urged that science and technology be carefully handled in the governing body of the economy.
Liberian Girls in Orbit is an institution poised in making the country and its people grow through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and seeking technical skills in technology.
The launched of the agricultural satellite for food security took place on October 24, 2024 at the Innovation Preparatory International Academy in Monrovia under the theme, “Satellite Launch and Microgravity Research for Improved Food Security,” and was attended by cross-section of Liberians including the student community, religious leaders, and key government officials.
group under the banner, “Liberian Girls in Orbit,” has launched what they termed as leveraging space technology for agricultural innovation to better the improvement of food security in Liberia.
The launch of the satellite also microgravity research for improved food security as well as enhanced Liberia’s agricultural productivity and food security.
Giving an overview of the project, the Founder and CEO of Liberian Girls in Orbit, Miss Lucia Maxama Welwolie said the launch is intended to monitor crop growth, land use and environmental changes.
Miss Maxama Welwolie noted that the microgravity experiments on the International Space Station will be taken into account using rice and cassava, which are Liberia’s stable food, and combine satellite data and biological research for innovative agricultural solutions.
She further that the agricultural monitoring satellite launched will help study the microgravity effects on rice and cassava, develop food security and productivity strategies, and to better strengthen scientific research capacity in agriculture and space technology.
The Liberian Girls in Orbit has become the first ever institution to launch the country’s first-ever agricultural satellite into space, which is expected to transform the living standards of citizens and better food security across the country.
Speaking at the launch of the occasion, the Acting Commissioner at the Liberia Telecommunications Authority, Patrick Honnah stressed that the launch has a huge potential for national growth and development adding it will pave the way for numerous technological institutions and organizations to invest in the country’s digital system and improve serviceable products that tend to benefit the massive.
Mr. Honnah said as Liberia is gradually entering an era of globalization and technological advancement, it is prudent to e-agriculturalize technology, and as such, universal access to technology plays a vital role in upholding the operations of the agricultural satellite.
The Acting Commissioner of Liberia Telecommunications Authority, however, said that the agricultural satellite will be used not only for agricultural purposes but also to enable a life-changing environment in the country, thus pleading his Agency’s fullest commitment to elevating the satellite to seeing progressive food security.
Also, speaking at the launch, the Port Manager of J.S. Payne Emmanuel Taplah said technology is crucial and significant, especially in the era of cultivating information and resourcing ideas, noting that Liberia as a country depends on technology to shift the dynamics of a growing population and education and the knowledge that will interchange the country’s already existing destiny.
He said it is setting the path for neighboring countries and development partners to troops in with robust investment that will widely increase the appetite for technology among citizens, thus opting that Liberia can be a place of attraction to technological advancement in Western Africa.
J.S. Payne, Port Manager, pledged his unwavering support in ensuring that Liberia become standardized technology-wise and urged that science and technology be carefully handled in the governing body of the economy.
Liberian Girls in Orbit is an institution poised in making the country and its people grow through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and seeking technical skills in technology.
The launched of the agricultural satellite for food security took place on October 24, 2024 at the Innovation Preparatory International Academy in Monrovia under the theme, “Satellite Launch and Microgravity Research for Improved Food Security,” and was attended by cross-section of Liberians including the student community, religious leaders, and key government officials.