In Liberia, the main push is to reduce imports of staples such as rice and tomatoes.

Al Jazeera reports that families have begun planting urban gardens with argula, eggplant, tomatoes, and watermelon adding hues of green, red, and purple to the urban rainbow.

Many of the research and training activities carried out by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology are focused on crop improvement (in particular cotton, rice, tomato and sunflower) with stringent biosafety concerns.