The Liberian Agricultural Companies Association

What The Liberian Agricultural Companies Association does

The Liberian Agricultural Companies Association (LACA) is a private, member-funded industry association headquartered in Monrovia, Liberia, representing the country's principal agricultural concession holders. It serves seven operating companies across two verticals: four palm oil producers — Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO, AIM-listed in London), Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia), and Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP) — and three rubber companies — Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC), Salala Rubber Corporation (SRCC), and Cavalla Rubber Corporation (CRC). Collectively, LACA's members hold the dominant share of Liberia's large-scale oil palm and rubber concessions, including Sime Darby's 63-year concession covering 220,000 hectares across four counties.

LACA's deliverables to its members fall into three functional pillars. First, policy and regulatory advocacy: the association represents members on land bills, surface rentals, infrastructure, transportation, regulatory frameworks, taxation, and trade policy — areas that materially affect concession economics. Second, CSR coordination: LACA aggregates and communicates member activities across employment, housing, food, education, health, safety, transport, and road infrastructure, functioning as a unified public-facing platform for the sector. Third, smallholder farmer support: the Small Holders Program delivers training in cultivation, crop management, harvesting, supply chain access, crop protection (weeds, pests, diseases), farm safety, and plantation training, providing a link between industrial members and the rural producer base.

LACA is a non-commercial, association-style organization rather than a product or SaaS business. It is funded by member companies, with no disclosed product pricing, no capital raises, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed revenue. Its outward communications are limited to a website (lacaagri.com) with news, events, resources, and educational content under a "Palm is Good" campaign. The organization has been operating for approximately 20 years (per its own "Years in Africa" metric) and operates with 11–50 employees. Its value to members is collective bargaining and reputational representation rather than revenue generation.

Name

The Liberian Agricultural Companies Association

Legal name

The Liberian Agricultural Companies Association

Website

https://lacaagri.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LACA is a Liberian industry association representing seven agricultural member companies — four palm oil producers and three rubber companies — through policy advocacy, CSR coordination, and smallholder farmer training in Liberia.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Monrovia

HQ country

Liberia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

LACA is an industry association representing agricultural companies operating in Liberia, providing collective policy advocacy, industry representation, CSR coordination, and smallholder farmer training on behalf of its member companies. Its members comprise four palm oil producers (GVL, EPO, Sime Darby Plantation, MOPP) and three rubber producers (LAC, SRCC, CRC), covering the major agricultural concession holders in the country.

Product overview

The Liberian Agricultural Companies Association (LACA) is a trade association representing agricultural companies operating in Liberia. The association comprises 7 member companies: 4 palm oil producers (GVL, EPO, Sime Darby, MOPP) and 3 rubber companies (LAC, SRCC, CRC). The association provides smallholder farmer support programs and CSR initiatives covering employment, housing, food, education, health, safety, transport, and infrastructure. LACA also engages in policy advocacy on behalf of its members regarding land, taxation, trade, and regulatory matters.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Small Holders Program Program providing structured training and resources to smallholder farmers in Liberia on palm oil and rubber cultivation, including guidance on cultivation techniques, crop management, harvesting, supply chain, crop protection (weeds, pests, diseases), farm safety, and plantation training. Intended for independent smallholder farmers operating in palm oil and rubber regions of Liberia.
• CSR Activities Coordination Coordination of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives across member companies covering employment, housing, food security, education, health, safety, transport, and road infrastructure development in Liberian agricultural communities. Intended for member companies and the communities surrounding their concession areas.
• Policy & Actions Advocacy Policy advocacy service addressing surface rentals, land bills, infrastructure, transportation, regulatory frameworks, taxation, and trade issues on behalf of member companies in Liberia. Intended for palm oil and rubber concession holding member companies seeking collective engagement with Liberian government and regulators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20 years of continuous operation representing agricultural sector in Africa

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GVL (Golden Veroleum Liberia)coreOthersPalm oil company member representing strategic long-term investor in oil palm development, focused on responsible development, environmental conservation, and community prosperity.
• EPO (Equatorial Palm Oil)coreOthersPalm oil company member, global sustainable producer of high quality crude palm oil operating in Liberia since 2005, listed on AIM market of London Stock Exchange.
• Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia)coreOthersPalm oil and rubber company with 63-year concession agreement to develop 220,000 ha in Grand Cape Mount, Bomi, Gbarpolu and Bong counties; 10,508 ha planted across 5 estates.
• MOPP (Maryland Oil Palm Plantation)coreOthersPalm oil company member operating in Maryland County, Liberia.
• LAC (Liberian Agricultural Company)coreOthersRubber company member; concession created by government in 1959, purchased by Uniroyal; developed 7,000 hectare rubber plantation starting in 1961.
• SRCC (Salala Rubber Corporation)coreOthersRubber company member; plantation started in 1959; Weala Rubber Company factory began operating in 1962; operations impacted by civil wars of 1990s and early 2000s.
• CRC (Cavalla Rubber Corporation)coreOthersRubber company member operating in Liberia.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC): Body promoting Malaysian rubber products internationally. Comparable to LACA in its promotion and coordination role for rubber producers, though at a much larger national scale.
• Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC): Intergovernmental association of natural rubber producers. Functionally analogous to LACA's representation of its three rubber members, but operating at a multi-country policy and statistical level.
• Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC): Statutory body promoting Malaysian palm oil globally. Comparable as an industry-level advocacy and promotional body for palm oil producers, though at a vastly larger scale than LACA and representing a mature market.
• Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (GAPKI): Indonesian Palm Oil Association representing the world's largest palm oil producer base. Closest direct functional peer to LACA in terms of representing palm oil companies for policy advocacy, member services, and sustainability coordination.

Others

• Sime Darby Plantation Berhad: One of LACA's member companies and the world's largest palm oil producer. Listed for context as a member and as the operator of the 63-year, 220,000 ha concession in Liberia that anchors LACA's representational mandate.
• Equatorial Palm Oil plc (EPO): LACA member company and AIM-listed sustainable palm oil producer with operations in Liberia since 2005. Relevant as both a member and as a benchmark for how palm oil producers in West Africa position sustainability credentials.

Direct peers

• Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO): Global multi-stakeholder certification body for sustainable palm oil. Comparable to LACA's smallholder inclusion and sustainability positioning functions, though operating as a global standards body rather than a country-level association.

Regional players

• Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA): Network of West African farmer and agricultural producer organizations. Comparable in its West African regional advocacy for agricultural value chains, though focused on smallholder farmer organizations rather than commercial concession holders like LACA's members.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/liberian-agricultural-company-plantation

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