In Liberia, through responsible management of its operations, the Salala Rubber Corporation plantation supports local and rural development in the region through creation of various community projects, while enhancing the livelihoods and working conditions of employees, their families and the communitiesThe Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) plantation was established in 1959 and the Weala Rubber Company (WRC) factory was operational in 1962. However, the civil wars of the 1990s and early 2000s were the demise of the rubber industry. SRC was looted and the WRC factory was destroyed.In 2007, Agrifinal merged Weala’s factory and Salala’s plantation. The Socfin Group then acquired the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and invested to optimize the plantation and improve social infrastructure (houses, schools, health centers, etc.).SRC sources its rubber from its own plantation, but also from the surrounding smallholders. Unfortunately, since 2011 the raw material provided by the smallholders and SRC has not been sufficient to keep Weala’s production unit operational. The factory has therefore been shut down and all output is sent to LAC’s factory at 150 km southeast of Salala. Ever since, the plantations have been extended to arrive at 4 400 hectares of rubber trees.