Perhaps the most visible political support for absentee agriculture is in Liberia, a small West African country where civil war destroyed agriculture, rendering the population dependent on food imports, even today. President Johnson-Sirleaf, recognizing that educated people could contribute much to an agriculture revival, launched her “Back to the Soil” campaign in June 2008 in large part to encourage urban dwellers to farm.
对远距离农业给予最明确政治支持的国家大概当属利比里亚。这个西非小国的农业在内战中遭遇重大打击，导致国家至今依然需要依赖进口食品来养活整个人口。当约翰逊-瑟利夫总统意识到受过良好教育的人们能够为农业振兴贡献很大力量时，她随即于2008年6月启动了“回归沃土”活动，尤其是鼓励城市居民投身农业。