COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Liberia 2012 - 2015 N O The Governmen The r a t g ions ( ions aniza F ood and and ood FAO Monrovia, Liberia October 2012 Monrovia, October Liberia t ion of of ion ) and Ag t ricu of Liberia of t he he lt U ni ure ure t ed ed

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CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 3 Table of Contents

Map of THE republic of Liberia 3

Forward 5

Acronyms and Abbreviation 6

Section 1: Introduction 8

1.1 Background 8 1.2 Developing the Country Programme framework 9

Section 2: Situation Analysis 9

2.1 The National Context (Social-Political) 9 2.2 Macro-Economic Situation 10 2.3 The Food and Agriculture Situation and Trends 11 2.3.1 Role of the Sector 11 2.3.2 Performance of the Sector and Key Challenges 11 2.4 Government’s Visions, Priorities and Development Strategies 16 2.4.1 The Agriculture Sector 16 2.4.2 Government’s Priorities in the Agriculture sector 17 2.4.3 Government’s Priorities in the Forestry sector 19 2.4.4 Government’s Strategy - Partners, Main Actors and Institutions in the Sector 20

Section 3: FAO’s Comparative Advantage 21

Section 4: Programming for Results 23

4.1 FAO-GoL Collaboration for CPF Priority Areas, Outcomes and Outputs for 2012 -2015 23 4.2 Guiding Principles for Programme Implementation 32

Section 5: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation 33

5.1 Implementation 33 5.2 In-Country Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism 33

ANNEXEs 34

Annex 1: CPF Priority Matrix 34 Annex 2: CPF Results Matrix 35 Annex 3: Monitoring Framework 38 Annex 4: CPF Action Plan 42

4 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK FOREWARD

The Government of Liberia, represented by its Minister of Agriculture (MoA), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), represented by its Country Representative in Liberia (FAOR), are pleased to jointly launch the FAO/ Government of Liberia Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2012-2015.

The Liberia Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2012-2015 is the result of extensive consultations with relevant Government Ministries and Agencies, a wide range of stakeholders and partners within Liberia, as well as experts from relevant technical units of FAO. The signatories below extend their sincere appreciations to all institutions and individuals for their constructive comments and feedback during the consultative and formulation process.

Jointly owned by the GoL and FAO, this document represents a reaffirmation of their development partnership. Thus, it represents FAO’s commitment to assisting the development endeavor of the Government of Liberia. More specifically, to the degree that its financial resource allows, FAOis determined to support the GoL in its effort to achieve its national development objectives as outlined in the four-year Growth and Transformation Plan (2011-2014), as well as its Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (LASIP). It is worth noting that the document is consistent with the strategic objectives of the UN common system as expressed in the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2008- 2012 and 2013-2017 for Liberia as well as the Government’s plan for the Agriculture and Forestry sectors over the next ten years. It is therefore, believed that it will serve as an important source of input in the preparation of the UNDAF Action Plan for Liberia. By endorsing the CPF, the GoL has also reaffirmed its commitment to provide available in-kind resources needed to facilitate the achievement of the objectives and actions proposed in this document.

The implementation of the CPF 2012-2015 is based on the principles of broad-based participation and partnership. Therefore, achieving enhanced coordination and aid effectiveness, requires that the CPF’s implementation must ensure alignment with the efforts of the GoL and her development partners.

Consequently, for implementation of the FAO-Liberia CPF, the Government of Liberia and FAO look forward to working in collaboration with, and getting the necessary support from, concerned partners.

On behalf of the Government of Liberia On behalf of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO)

Hon. Florence Chenoweth (Ph.D) Jean-Alexandre Scaglia Minister of Agriculture (MoA) FAO Representative in Liberia

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CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACC Agriculture Coordination CommitteeCommittee ACDB Agriculture Cooperative DevelopmentDevelopment BankBank ADB African Development BankBank AEPCRB Agricultural Agricultural Export Promotion Export Promotion and Commodity and Commodity Regulatory Regulatory Board Board ADPs Agriculture Development ProjectsProjects ARI African Rice InitiativeInitiative ASC Agriculture Steering CommitteeCommittee CAADP Comprehensive AfricaAfrica AgricultureAgriculture Development Development Program Program CAAS-Lib Comprehensive AssessmentAssessment ofof the the Agricultural Agricultural Sector Sector of of Liberia Liberia CAP UN Consolidated Inter-AgencyInter-Agency Appeal Appeal CARI Central Agriculture ResearchResearch InstituteInstitute CBOs Community Based OrganizationsOrganizations CDA Cooperative DevelopmentDevelopment AgencyAgency CFC Community Fisheries CentersCenters CFSNS Comprehensive FoodFood SecuritySecurity andand Nutrition Nutrition Survey CGIAR Consultative GroupGroup onon International Agricultural Agricultural Research Research CORAF Council for Agricultural ResearchResearch and and Development Development CPAP Country Programme ActionAction PlanPlan CPF Country Programming FrameworkFramework CPO Crude Palmpalm Oiloil CRS Catholic Relief ServiceService CSLI Center Songhai LiberiaLiberia InitiativeInitiative CSOs Civil Society OrganizationsOrganizations ECOWAP ECOWAS Agricultural PolicyPolicyn States ECOWAS ECOWASEconomic Common Community Agriculture of West AfricanPolicy for States Community EIA Environmental ImpactImpact AssessmentAssessment EPA Environmental ProtectionProtection AgencyAgency EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationOrganization FAPS Food and Agriculture PolicyPolicy and and Strategy Strategy FBOs Farmers-Based OrganizationOrganization FDA Forestry Development AuthorityAuthority FFS Farmer Field Schools FM Frequency Modulation FSCA Food Security throughthrough CommercializationCommercialization ofof AgricultureAgriculture FSNS Food security and NutritionNutrition StrategyStrategy GAFSP Global Agriculture andand FoodFood Security Security Program Program GDP Gross Domestic Product/ProductionProduct/Production GEMAP Governance and EconomicEconomic ManagementManagement Assistance Assistance Program Program GoL Government of LiberiaLiberia HIV/AIDS Human Immune Virus/AcquiredVirus/Acquired Immune Immune Deficiency Deficiency Syndrome IDPs Internally DisplacedDisplaced PersonsPersons IFAD International FundFund forfor AgricultureAgriculture DevelopmentDevelopment IITA International instituteinstitute for for Tropical Tropical Agriculture Agriculture ILO International LaborLabor OrganizationOrganization IMF International MonitoryMonitory FundsFunds INGOs International Non-GovernmentalNon-Governmental OrganizationsOrganizations ITC International TrustTrust CorporationCorporation LASIP Liberia Agriculture SectorSector InvestmentInvestment Program Program LEAP Liberia Employment ActionAction ProgrammeProgramme LEEP Liberian Emergency EmploymentEmployment Programme Programme MDG Millennium DevelopmentDevelopment Goals Goals MoA Ministry of AgricultureAgriculture

6 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Agriculture Coordination Committee MVP Millennium VillageVillage ProjectProject Agriculture Cooperative Development Bank MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield African Development Bank MYS MaximumMinistry of SustainableYouth and Sports Yield Agricultural Export Promotion and Commodity Regulatory Board MCI Ministry of CommerceCommerce andand IndustryIndustry Agriculture Development Projects NEPAD New Partnership forfor AfricaAfrica Development Development African Rice Initiative NFP National ForestForest ProgrammeProgramme Agriculture Steering Committee NTFP Non-Timber Forest ProductsProducts Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program PCU Project Coordination UnitUnit Comprehensive Assessment of the Agricultural Sector of Liberia PRS Poverty Reduction StrategyStrategy UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal RU Reform Unit Central Agriculture Research Institute TASMOA Technical Assistance SupportSupport to to Ministry Ministry of of Agriculture Agriculture Community Based Organizations TCP Technical Cooperation ProgrammeProgramme Cooperative Development Agency UN United Nations Community Fisheries Centers UNCT UN Country Team Comprehensive Food Security and Nutrition Survey UNDP United Nations DevelopmentDevelopment ProgrammeProgramme Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research UNDAF United Nations DevelopmentDevelopment AssistanceAssistance FrameworkFramework Council for Agricultural Research and Development UNESCO United Nations Educational,Educational, Scientific Scientific and and Cultural Cultural Organization Organization Country Programme Action Plan UN/GoL United Nations // GovernmentGovernment ofof LiberiaLiberia Country Programming Framework UNHCR United Nations highhigh CommissionCommission for RefugeesRefugees Crude Palm Oil UNICEF United Nations Children’sChildren’s FundFund Catholic Relief Service UNIDO United Nations IndustrialIndustrial DevelopmentDevelopment Organization Organization Center Songhai Liberia Initiative UNDFW United Nations United Nations Development Development Fund for Fund Women for Women Civil Society Organizations UNMIL United Nations MissionMission in LiberiaLiberia ECOWAS Agricultural Policy USAID United States AgencyAgency forfor InternationalInternational DevelopmentDevelopment Economic Community of West African States WB World Bank Environmental Impact Assessment WFP World Food Programme Environmental Protection Agency European Union Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Agriculture Policy and Strategy Farmers-Based Organization Forestry Development Authority Farmer Field Schools Frequency Modulation Food Security through Commercialization of Agriculture Food security and Nutrition Strategy Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Gross Domestic Product/Production Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program Government of Liberia Human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Internally Displaced Persons International Fund for Agriculture Development International institute for Tropical Agriculture International Labor Organization International Monitory Funds International Non-Governmental Organizations International Trust Corporation Liberia Agriculture Sector Investment Program Liberia Employment Action Programme Liberian Emergency Employment Programme Millennium Development Goals Ministry of Agriculture

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 7 Section 1: Introduction Technical assistance support has also been provided to National Programme for Food Security and to actions and interventions aimed at mitigating the destabilizing 1.1 Background effects of the Global surge in food prices. Liberia is gradually transitioning from emergency to As the Transition is consolidated, the CPF, a framework development, and with the support of international of agreed priorities in the co-operation between the partners, the country has been at peace for over eight Government of Liberia (GOL) and Food and Agriculture consecutive years. Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is a planning tool for FAO to prioritize, guide and manage its assistance To consolidate peace, enhance national security, at the country level in a coherent and comprehensive revitalize the economy, restore education, health manner. and other basic services to its 3.5 million people, the government seeks to accelerate conflict-sensitive The document contains a set of priority areas and results and equitable growth by rebuilding roads and other – outcomes, outputs and indicative activities to be important infrastructure, reviving traditional sources achieved by FAO in support of the attainment of Liberia’s of national income, and establishing a competitive agriculture sector and sub-sector goals and objectives business environment to help diversify the economy through policy assistance and advocacy, production, over the medium term.. productivity, value addition and diversification, and the strengthening of the human and institutional capacities In efforts aimed at successfully transitioning the of the public and private sectors, as well as natural Country, FAO has and continues to support the resources management. formulation of national agriculture policies, beginning with the Statement of Policy Intent, the comprehensive The CPF is framed within the national medium- assessment of the agriculture sector and, subsequently, term development priorities articulated in the the Food and Agriculture Policy and Strategy (FAPS). Comprehensive African Agriculture Development

8 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Programme (CAADP) and the Liberia Agriculture Sector can be monitored and reviewed for the achievement of Investment Programme (LASIP) that set out the priority national sector objectives. policies and investments of Government for achieving growth, employment and prosperity. The document has five sections: Section 1, outlines the overall goals of FAO to contribute to the development To ensure consistency with the UN System operations, of agriculture in Liberia, Section 2 provides a brief the CPF builds on the main challenges identified and description of the context in which the country’s agreed to by consensus while maintaining consistency Socio-political, macro-economic, agriculture and with the Country Programme outcomes, outputs and food security features are operating, as well as brief indicators, laid out in the United Nations Development description of government’s development priorities Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Liberia. It is inspired and strategies. Section 3, outlines the comparative by the Millennium Declaration (MD)/Millennium advantage of FAO, emphasizing its contribution to Development Goals (MDGs). CPF therefore represents agriculture development efforts and addressing the FAO’s contribution to the UNDAF. overall challenges facing agriculture, natural resources management, as well as food and nutrition security. 1.2 Developing the Country Section 4 presents the focus areas for the CPF, its outcomes, outputs and interventions; and finally, Programme Framework Sections 5 deals with the management arrangements to be assumed and elements of the Monitoring and The Country Programming Framework (CPF) is informed Evaluation scheme to be adopted. by a set of nationally defined sector priorities and objectives expressed in key Government policy documents as well as other relevant documents, such as the Food and Agriculture Policy and Strategy, Lift Section 2: Situation Analysis Liberia Poverty Reduction Strategy-One (2008-2011) Draft Poverty Reduction Strategy-Two (2012 – 2015) 2.1 The National Context (Socio- Liberia Agriculture Sector Investment Programme Political) (LASIP), National Food Security and Nutrition Strategy (FSNS), Liberia’s Medium Term Economic Growth and In 2003, Liberia emerged from over 15 years of Development Strategy (2010 – 2017), Liberia Rising economic collapse and social destabilization. With a – Vision 2030 and the United Nations Development population at 3.5 million (2008 census); peace has Assistance Framework for Liberia (2008 -2012 & 2013 reigned since 2003: two rounds of free and fair elections – 2017). in 2005 leading to the inauguration of a new post war government in January 2006; another round of free and The CPF also defines FAO’s contribution to the fair election (October/November 2011), leading to the achievement of Liberia’s agriculture sector objectives inauguration of the current administration in January in terms of the joint Government of Liberia and FAO 2012. In 2009, Liberia had a human development medium-term assistance priorities and results to be index of 0.442, and ranked 169th out of 182 countries achieved in Liberia over the next four year period in the world. According to the World Bank and UNDP (2012-2015). The broad and inclusive consultations classifications, in 2011 the country ranked 182 out of with pertinent government agencies, including the 187 countries, and remains a Low Income (LI) and Low Ministries of Agriculture and Internal Affairs, the Human Development country. Forestry Development Authority as well as donors and development partners, World Bank, EU, USAID, SIDA, The GDP in 2010 was US$564.7 million, and the national the UN System and development partners, helped budget stood at US$516 million in 2011, and with sharpen the focus of the CPF, FAO’s planned support to extensive national demands resulting from effects of the agriculture and forestry sectors by identifying areas the civil crisis, less than 3% of the national budget was where it has a comparative advantage and where it can allocated to agriculture. In 2008 rubber accounted for help make sustainable and demonstrable impact. nearly 90% of exports. Industry accounts for 9.6% of GDP, and services occupy 30%. The combined sum of These consultations have ensured national ownership exports and imports amounted to about 90% of GDP in of the CPF, thus making the CPF a framework for the 2010, the lowest in recent years. development of the FAO Country Work Plan; and serves as an instrument to guide FAO programming and The Government’s overarching aim is to build a new resource mobilization efforts in Liberia; additionally, it is nation that is peaceful, secure, and prosperous, with a frame for all stakeholders as a valuable reference that

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 9 democratic and accountable governance based on the 2.2 Macro-Economic Situation rule of law, and with abundant economic opportunities for all Liberians. The economy is rapidly recovering, with an average growth rates of 6 percent during the period 2004 – It also wishes to build an inclusive and highly participatory 2011. In 2007, the economy grew by 9.5%, the highest democracy with strong systems of governance in which in recent years. GDP per capita is currently US$ 268.34, rights are respected (especially of women, youth, and up from US$ 163 in 2006. Inflation, which fell in 2010 the disabled), people are engaged in the governance due to lower fuel and food prices to 7.5% (year-on-year process, institutions serve the public good and national average), rose sharply again to 8.5% in 2011. resources are used for the benefit of all. In spite of the potential of the overall reform process The Government is introducing policies which will to accelerate growth, the country is experiencing a continue to foster and consolidate peace, accelerate slow pace of progress due largely to the global financial rehabilitation, recovery and development, and build crisis and the snail pace at which mining and forestry strong systems of governance. In support of this decision, operations are moving. Nonetheless, the Agriculture it has established priority objectives for the country’s sector accounted for 61% of GDP (2008) while services transition from emergency to economic recovery, and for contributed 25.8 percent. Other positive indices of the rapid, inclusive, equitable and sustainable development economy included the following citations: (i) Liberia’s in the years to come. The agriculture sector has been debt declined from US$ 3.72 billion in 2007 to US$ identified as a major source to contribute to achieving 228 million in 2010, and the budget has seen a 575% the objectives so identified. increase from US$ 84 million in 2005/2006 to US$ 516

10 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK million in 2011/2012; (ii) Agricultural sector grew by 4% US$1 per day and 36% of under-fives are chronically (US$213.8 million in 2008 to US$221.3M in 2009); (iii) malnourished. Approximately 70% of the country Roads and buildings are being rebuilt; (iv) Health and population depends on agriculture for its livelihood. It clinical services and schools are expanding gradually. In is a significant net contributor to the economy in terms spite of these improving economic conditions, Liberia of employment and foreign exchange earnings and a is still struggling with high levels of unemployment and primary determinant of nutrition, education, poverty poverty. The unemployment rate for males is estimated reduction, and rural transformation. to be 18.8% and, for females, 34.2% Public financing of agriculture has fallen significantly The Government has taken a number of actions to short of Government’s stated commitment to overhaul its financial management systems: a cash- developing the sector (e.g. level of funding envisaged based balanced budget, a new expenditure control in the PRS document is yet to be received by the mechanisms, strengthened enforcement and collection sector) and the Maputo Declaration is yet to be fully of customs duties and other taxes, .which paved the implemented. Between 2003 and 2005, the share of the way to restoring fully normalized relations with the national budget allocated to agriculture hardly reached IMF in March 2008. Financial matters of donor-funded one percent. The low budgetary share is also confirmed projects, which were previously managed by a central by a review of government allocations to the sector Project Management Unit within the Ministry of since 2005. In 2005/06, the total national budget was Finance, are progressively decentralized to Programmes US$80m; and allocation to agriculture was US$0.74m Management Units attached to line ministries, (slightly less than 1% of the total budget). In 2006/2007, including the Ministry of Agriculture. The MOA PMU 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 fiscal years, allocation has been established in 2010 and is responsible for to agriculture were US$3.1 Million (2.0% of national implementation of all donor – funded projects attached budget), US$3.8 Million, (1.8% of national budget) and to the MOA, including project formulation, coordination US$7.0 million (2.3% of national budget) respectively. of implementation, sub-contracting, procurement and financial management. It currently manages four Government’s agricultural investment priorities in the investment projects receiving support from the World last six or more years were first articulated in the Draft Bank, AFDB and IFAD. National Medium Term Investment Programme (NMTIP) - in early 2006 to commence a programme approach to The Government expects that as it strengthens its achieving the policy objectives of the NEPAD – CAADP budgetary procedures, internal and external audit as well as those of the government’s Agriculture Policy processes, and capacity to effectively and transparently Intent Statement (2006), its 150-Day Action Plan and allocate financial resources and deliver public services, the Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy. Similar effort more donor support will continue to be channeled was made during development of the Poverty Reduction through the national budget. Strategy (PRS-1) when interventions were identified early in the formulation process and related financial 2.3: The Food and Agriculture estimates obtained. Situation and Trends 2.3.2 Performance of the Sector 2.3.1 The Role of the Sector and Key Challenges

Agriculture presently accounts for 61% of GDP (2008) Liberian agriculture comprises food and tree crops, and is the primary source of livelihoods for two-thirds of fisheries, and livestock. Rice and cassava remain the Liberia’s 3.5 million people. Close to 331,000 households main staple food crops while rubber, oil palm and cocoa are engaged in agriculture, primarily small holder and are the dominant export tree crops. Rubber currently subsistence farming, as well as cash crop plantation accounts for almost 90% of total export earnings (rubber, oil palm, cocoa, sugarcane and coffee). 82.7% because timber, which was responsible for between of these households engaged in rice production, and 50% and 60% of total exports before 2000, is yet to 79.6% in cassava production. resume full opertions. Women are major players in the sector, producing over 60% of agricultural products and In addition, Liberia’s economy is also heavily dependent constituting the majority of smallholder producers and on large scale commercial rubber and oil plantations. labor; yet the constraints they face in accessing land, Food security continues to be a challenge. Liberia imports productive inputs, credit, training as well as their lack of 60% of its food requirements and is vulnerable to food participation in decision – making processes mean that price volatility. 63.8% of the population lives of less than their productive potential is not optimized.

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 11 The Agriculture sector in Liberia provided and will are undeveloped, and institutions providing support continue to provide meaningful source of livelihood services are very weak. Contributing factors include lack to a wide range of the population. It made significant of improved planting materials, absence of integrated contributions to the GDP during and after the war; (about nutrient and pest managment, lack of credits, human 58% in 2003 about 54.2% in 2004 and 52% by 2006). inadequacies, high post-harvest lossses caused by The sector accounts for nearly 70% of the economically storage, processing and other marketing infrastructure active population, and, together with Forestry sector inadequacies and poor market access. for over 90% of total exports. The value addition of the sector’s commodities possesses tremendous potential Rice for improved access to food, remunerative employment, and improved livelihoods of the population. The sector Rice is the staple food with annual per capita consumption provides over 50% of the country’s requirements of its of 112 kilograms or more. According to estimates, 71% staple food rice, over 100% of tubers and about 80% of of farm families are involved in the cultivation of rice. local vegetables. The available growth indices for two The resumption of agricultural activities in post-conflict years indicate a sustained 4% or US$213.8 million in Liberia resulted in a sharp increase in rice production 2008 to US$221.3M in 2009. from 85,000 tons in 2005 to 144,000 tons in 2007, and 200,000 tons in 2009, a 39% increase over the figure The food and agriculture sector is confronted with for 2007. Notwithstanding the significant increase in several challenges, mainly structural in nature, domestic production, Liberia remains a net importer (capacities, institutions and infrastructure), chief among of rice. Imports accounted for 60% of the 322,000 tons them: consumed in 2007, and the import bill doubled from about US$100 million in 2007 to approximately US$200 • Increasing productivity and incomes of Liberia’s million in 2008 due largely to global food price increases. subsistence farmers, transforming them to commercial farmers, diversifying their enterprises and linking them to markets Tree Crops • Increasing and sustaining the investment and all- The country’s traditional tree crops in particular rubber, round participation of the private sector oil palm and cocoa offer the best opportunity for • Ensuring access to food by all Liberians (reduced strong and shared growth and poverty reduction in the cost of locally produced foods) medium and long term. The importance of tree crop is • Reforming the MoA for efficient leadership and evident from their contribution to GDP, export earnings services in planning, coordination and regulation and employment and the prospect for increased • Carrying out land reforms that will allow for international prices. longer term planning, use and investment • Restructuring public institutions from previous Widely grown on a range of production systems, it roles and responsibilities to those relevant to the is estimated that more than half of the agriculture present needs and requirements of the sector household (i.e. 20% of the country’s total population) • The MoA ensuring access by farmers to available may currently be directly or indirectly involved in improved seeds, trained personnel and outlet tree crop production and in related or down – stream markets of livestock and fish coupled with the activities. provision and adoption of improved management and technology; taking advantage of Liberia’s Unleashing the sector’s full potential would require apparent comparative advantage for processing dealing with the supply side and structural issues such and marketing meat and fish products as: the old age of farms/plantations, requiring immediate • Providing the requisite capacity for surveillance and massive replanting programme, improvement of and control of existing coastline toward curtailing transport infrastructure, credit provision to induce the illegal fishing availability independent supply chains and provision of • Reducing gender gaps in access to productive seedlings, fertilizer and insecticide and the improvement inputs and ensuring that women farmers of on-farm-productivity among others enjoy equal opportunities to contribute to the development of the sector and share in the rewards Rubber

Food production is gradually increasing in post- Rubber, one of the main economic pillars of the country, conflict Liberia, but crop yields are low, value chains contributes significantly to GDP, export earnings and employment.

12 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Over US$57 million is contributed annually to export the need for strengthening producers’ and marketing earnings. Production rose to 102.412 metric tons (valued organizations and associations (iv) improvement of road at US$53.2 million, representing) 63.3% increase over and other infrastructure (v) the mitigation of social and 1999. In 2005, alongside a grounded mining and forestry environment issues and (vi) the need to establish clear and crawling subsistence agriculture, the rubber sector and enforceable rules for the management of the sector. accounted for more than 20% of Liberia’s total GDP and 90% of its total exports. Cocoa The industry generated approximately US$218 million Cocoa is Liberia’s second most important export in revenues in 2007. Rubber exports for 2008 accounted crop, with about 40,000 households engaged in its for 86.1% of total exports and the industry’ contribution production. Although official exports were 3285 tons in to total employment was over 14,000, contributing 2008 and about 2000 to 3000 tons/year in earlier years, to the economy more than US$40 million in wages; total production is estimated at about 10,000 tons in addition to spending US$10 million on education, from about 30,000 hectares. Most of the production health, housing, and road maintenance, minimally. is informally exported to international markets via neighboring countries. Average yields of 400 kg/ha The main supply side issues of the rubber sub-sector experienced in the 1980s have declined to between 100 must be addressed. (i) the old age of existing plantations/ and 200 kilograms per hectare; those within West Africa farms, requiring an immediate and massive replanting are 400 kg/ha but these can be increased to 1.0 to 1.5 program (ii) the need for an effective mechanism for the ton/ha, using the new hybrid varieties grown in Ghana provision of agricultural services to the smallholders (iii) and Cote d’Ivoire.

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 13 For the development of the cocoa sector there are several and markets for smallholder tree crop farmers and constraints along the value chain (i) a very small starting developing a long term development program for production base ( 6-10,000 tons) that limits the initial the tree crops sector. Its components which respond supply response and prevent economic of scales and adequately to the challenges and opportunities in competition within the value chain (ii) stiff competition the tree crop sector are (i) Smallholder Tree Crops from both rubber and mining for labor in the main cocoa Revitalization (ii) Institution Building and Preparation of producing areas (iii) lack of access to planting materials a Future Large-scale Tree Crop Development Programme and advisory services (iv) very low quality of produce and (iii) Project Coordination and Management. (US$300/ton discount on the international market and (v) very high transaction costs and extremely low Together with its components, the STCRASP constitutes farm-gate prices due to high transport costs linked to a a pilot; Learning phase of a longer term and large-scale degraded transport infrastructure, scattered production tree crop development programme and lack of producer association for upstream bulking of produce but mostly to a highly inefficiently monopolistic Oil Palm marketing system*. As a result, farm-gate prices are (25 to 35% of fob), which are among the lowest in the world Oil palm is an essential tree crop for smallholders. and provides farmer with no incentives. Liberia’s pre-war output of 135,000 to 170,000 metric tons of crude palm oil (CPO) has fallen to about 35,000 The cocoa sub-sector, as with the tree crop sector tons. A net exporter of palm oil until the late 1980s, the (rubber, oil palm and coffee) in general, is a priority of country now imports about 7,000 tons of edible oils, GoL. Hence, a short and long term plan for the sector i.e. about 20% of a total estimated domestic demand. A has been in the works for some period with FAO’s critical significant volume of CPO, perhaps 2,000 to 3,000 tons, technical participation in its design. is exported to neighboring countries through informal border trade. It is estimated that there may be about The Smallholder Tree Crops Revitalization and Support 25,000 hectares of medium-to-large oil palm plantations Project (STCRASP) has the expressed development of which about 17,000 hectares are state-owned objective of increasing finance, inputs, technologies plantations; smallholder farms represent another

14 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK 75,000 hectares. It is also projected that the annual • Lack of livestock sector development policy production of existing plantations is about 20,000 tons • Lack of requisite trained personnel to coordinate of crude palm oil, with about half of the country’s total and effectively manage existing and planned production coming from wild groves. programs and projects • Lack of appropriate infrastructure to facilitate the In spite of the considerable opportunities for development and growth of the sector smallholders’ development, the oil palm sector is • Lack of capacity to readily fulfill the existing plagued by the same supply side issues as the rubber: market demand for meat and meat products as (i) the lack of access by smallholder farmers to improved well as quality of these products planting materials, inputs, credit and technical advice • Lack of capacity (trained personnel and infrastructure) to provide surveillance and Coffee control of diseases and pests; and to fully exploit the potential of the sub- sector Coffee experienced a large expansion in production between the 1960s and the 1980s, going from 8,670 Fisheries ha and 4410 tons to 21,310 ha and 8,250 tons, respectively. While export quantities averaged 7,600 Liberia’s fisheries sector – which includes an established tons in the 1980s, perhaps due to cross-border trading, marine fishery involving industrial and artisanal fishing only 124 tons were reported to have been exported in activities, inland fisheries which is exclusively artisanal, 2008. In spite of extension programmes under various and aquaculture practiced in rural areas through agricultural development projects in the past, yields fishpond culture. The sub-sector contributes about 3% remain low. of GDP, and Artisanal fisheries provide livelihoods for 33,120 full-time fishers and processors in both marine Livestock and inland waters, about 61% of whom are Liberians and particularly 60% female. Although Liberia has an estimated 2 million hectares of pastureland, the livestock sector accounts for only Liberia’s coastlines of 560 km and extensive continental 14% of agricultural GDP. Estimates suggest there is shelf which averages 34 km in width and extends 200 slow growth in aggregate livestock numbers comprising nautical miles offshore provide about 20,000 km2 of mainly goats, sheep, cattle, poultry and swine. fishing grounds. These hold considerable maritime fish Traditional livestock farmers dominate, as was the resources including the main oceanic pelagic resources case before the war. According to CAAS-Lib, traditional such as tuna and tuna-like species. Crustaceans such systems accounted for 100% of the holdings of cattle, as shrimps and lobsters are less abundant but of goats and sheep, 58% of pigs, and 100% of guinea fowl. much higher value than finfish species. Approximately A few modern peri-urban livestock farmers produced 1,810 km of rivers traverse the country, and countless rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry and ducks. perennial swamps and inland water bodies with enormous potential for increased production from According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and inland fisheries and aquaculture. Estimated Maximum Industry (MCI), imports of meat and meat products Sustainable Yield (MSY) of Inland fisheries is 40,000mt in 2005/06 amounted to US$6 million. In addition, per annum. The main constraints affecting fisheries and an estimated 26,000 heads of live cattle and 15,000– aquaculture development are as follows: 16,000 heads of live sheep and goats were imported from neighboring countries. The Central Bank of Liberia • Lack of adequate requisite trained personnel to Report indicates that the cost of imports for food and effectively carry out the functions of the sub- live animals grew by 56.8% in 2008 to US$205.3 million, sector driven mainly by rice imports which accounted for • Poorly developed infrastructure for fish smoking 61.3% of expenditures in this category. For the viability and storage facilities for preservation of the sector the constraints below must be addressed: • Incapacity to provide surveillance and control of an estimated 350 miles coastline, results in • Undeveloped Pastureland to facilitate and massive theft and destruction of immature enhance the development and growth of the species by foreign vessels usually involved in sector illegal fishing and the use of inappropriate mesh • Difficulty in readily accessing good breeds of sizes of fishing nets in Liberian waters selected small ruminants, poultry, swine and • Illegal fishing costs an estimate US$12m annually cattle to government

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 15 • Lack of access to improved technology, business Currently, the Government’s goal for Agriculture is to development service and credit for artisanal revitalize the food and agricultural sector to contribute fishermen, fisher folks, fish mongers, etc. to shared inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development, to ensure food and nutrition security, 2.4 Government Vision, Priorities to increase employment and income, and to measurably reduce poverty. Food security and nutrition is expected and Development Strategies to improve by providing strategic farm inputs, development of existing lowlands, restocking small The Government’s overall vision and major strategies ruminants, rehabilitating fish ponds and establishing for continuation of progress towards rapid, equitable, a food security monitoring system. Agricultural and inclusive national growth and development during competitiveness will be enhanced and market linkages the period 2012-2015 focuses on Five Pillars, namely: reestablished by replanting smallholder tree crop farms, constructing essential market infrastructure, and • Peace, Security and Rule of Law providing credit and investment incentives to the private • Sustainable Economic Transformation sector, as well as strengthening human and institutional • Human Development capacities by supporting the MOA and revitalization • Governance and Public Institutions of the Central Agricultural Research institute (CARI), • Cross-Cutting Issues (Gender Equality, Child restructuring agricultural parastatals and making farm- Protection, The Disabled, Youth Empowerment, based organisations functional. Environment, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Labor and Employment) The Country requires large amounts of external financing in the form of grants and private capital The current Government’s central economic goal is to inflows to achieve its rapid, inclusive and sustainable establish firmly a stable and secure environment that growth within its central economic goal over the coming will enable the country to be on an irreversible path years. Emphasis will be placed on high levels of grants to towards sustainable, inclusive, and equitable growth supplement its capacity to mobilize domestic resources, and development. The Government’s strategy for and promote an environment conducive to increased accelerating economic growth has three basic prongs: private capital inflows to meet the external financing needs necessary for economic growth. • rebuild basic infrastructure, especially roads; • restore production in the leading natural resource sectors, particularly agriculture, and more 2.4.1 The Agriculture Sector specifically rubber, timber and cash crops while ensuring the benefits are widely shared; the The Government’s Vision for the agriculture sector is Government is taking bold actions to revitalise to have a nation with food and nutritional adequacy agriculture as the bedrock of the economy, as the and security enabling a nourished population, thus sector provides livelihoods for the majority of the contributing to optimal health, education and training, population, and it is central to reducing poverty economic growth and development, and improved and through self-reliant food security, employment sustained quality of life of the people. and income; • reduce production costs to strengthen the In order to actualize the vision, the Ministry of foundation for diversification of the economy into Agriculture with support from partners has finalized competitive production of downstream products, several policy documents since 2006. These include manufactures and services. Statement of Policy Intent for the Agricultural Sector, a National Medium Term Investment Program (NMTIP), After the successful implementation of the Government a National Food Security and Nutrition Strategy, a Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy (iPRS) of 2006-2008, Food and Agriculture Policy and Strategy, and a Liberia the government has also completed the implementation Agriculture Sector Investment Programme - LASIP. In of a multi-year reconstruction and development all these documents priorities are identified to serve platform, the full-fledged Lift Liberia Poverty Reduction as guidance to Liberia’s agriculture development, as Strategy (2008 – 2011), and is now developing the elaborated in the Comprehensive African Agricultural second Poverty Reduction Strategy (2012 – 2015). The Development Program (CAADP). transition has been critical as Liberia shifts from post- conflict stabilization to laying the foundation for national development and progress toward achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

16 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK 2.4.2 Government Priorities in the • Special programme for women and youth Agriculture Sector initiative • Providing essential farm inputs (high yielding crop varieties and short-cycle livestock breeds, Following stakeholder consultations, and a review fertilizer and equipment for land preparation, of available policy documents, the Government has irrigation, and processing), at affordable price to identified four (4) key priorities in the Agriculture sector smallholders consistent with the Government’s Poverty Reduction • Establishing targeted social safety nets Strategy (PRS), the Food and Agriculture Policy and programme Strategy (FAPS), and the Liberia Agriculture Sector • Ensuring country-wide availability of essential Investment Programme (LASIP). The priorities are as inputs (seeds, tools, fertilizer, agro-chemicals, follows: animal drugs and vaccines) and agricultural processing equipment, especially to smallholders Priority 1: and vulnerable groups Improving food security and nutrition, especially for • Establishing a food security monitoring system vulnerable groups such as pregnant and lactating • Establishing strategic rice reserves women and children under five • Rehabilitating aquaculture structures and disseminating best practices Priority 1 focuses on increasing availability, access and affordability to food supplies, especially for vulnerable groups and the key strategic interventions include Priority 2: Ensuring more competitive, efficient, and sustainable among others: food and agricultural value chains of both food and cash crops and their linkages to markets • Food crops production and productivity enhancement This priority focuses increasing smallholder productivity • Smallholder tree crops and agro-forestry and competitiveness, with priority interventions on food development crops (rice, tubers, and vegetables); cash crops (rubber, • Sustainable fisheries subsector development oil palm, cocoa); livestock and fisheries. • Livestock development and promotion

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 17 The key strategic interventions include: to markets • Ensuring that agricultural programmes-supported • Rural infrastructure development do not conflict with existing land tenure strategies • Establishment of new or improvement of existing and land planning processes, in particular that rural financial services forest sector laws are respected and stakeholders • Provision of Labor-saving intermediate devices are effectively and equitably represented in and technologies agriculture and concession planning • Market and enterprise development • Strengthening farmer-based organisations • Rebuilding roads, especially farm to market, including cooperatives and women’s active increasing decent employment opportunities participation in these. income generation, competitiveness and market efficiency Priority 3: • Rehabilitating/constructing essential Strengthening human and institutional capacities to infrastructure (e.g. drying and storage facilities, provide needed services, create a strong and enabling local market buildings, fish landing sites, farm to environment, and reduce vulnerability market roads • Encouraging and facilitating private large-scale The key strategic interventions include: commercial investments in the sector, with smallholder linkages supporting rehabilitation • Strengthening the capacities of the Ministry and replanting of existing plantations of cash of Agriculture (MoA) and Central Agricultural crops; Research Institute (CARI) • Promoting out-growers schemes involving • Reviewing and developing sector/sub-sector smallholders in agricultural concession (crop. livestock, forestry, fisheries, natural agreements and other large scale commercial resources) specific policies agricultural enterprises; linking the small holders • Liaising with partners to fill required human

18 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK resources including small-scale schemes utilizing water- • Technology dissemination and adoption collection techniques, to support sustainable • Renewing agricultural education and training, production The Technical department of the MoA prioritizing areas with critical human resource needs to be reconstituted. Liberia is moving deficits e.g. livestock , including life skills and form emergency to rebuilding so infrastructure in entrepreneurship development; water and land management needs to be rebuilt. • Promoting and strengthening farm-based • Develop and implement guidelines, including organisations or Farmer Field Schools mandatory environmental impact assessment, • Increasing access to extension services for for the adoption of environmentally-friendly livestock and veterinary care practices for wet land cultivation Increasingly • Coordination and Management promote community participation and encourage • Strengthening agricultural research, statistics and the private sector to invest in the development extension services and management of wet and degradable lands; • Reviewing the mandates of existing agriculture- and related institutions to restructure and make them • Increase public sector investment in wet and relevant to the current needs and requirements degraded land development. of the sector • Strengthening the participatory development of a 2.4.3 Government’s Priorities in the sector monitoring framework • Assisting in rehabilitating and promoting Farmer- Forestry Sector: Based Organizations (FBOs) and Cooperatives or The Government’s Vision for the Forestry sector is Farmer Field Schools adequate protection, sustainable management and use • Strengthening/establishing national forums and of the nation’s forest resources for national growth and database, and focusing FBOs and Cooperatives in development that would benefit current and future value chain development projects generations. • Expanding the role of women and youths in the agricultural sector value chain In support of its vision, the Government has identified two key priorities. Priority 4: Land and Water Development Priority 1: Strengthening human and institutional capacities to The key interventions include: provide needed services, create a strong and enabling environment • Enhanced Land Husbandry • Improved Wet and Degraded Land Management The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) 2010 study • Revise and adopt laws regarding property rights of capacity need in the forestry sector revealed a weak including access to land, security of tenure and institutional framework and capacity. Key interventions utilization of land Strengthen land administration needed include: to facilitate improved land management and to promote private sector involvement in agriculture • Rehabilitate and equip the FDA main office in • Resolve pervasive land conflicts Wehn Town, devestated by the civil war • Conduct land evaluation and suitability • Strengthen human capacity in the the four assessments to determine the location and farm- departments (Commercial, Conservation, specificity of crops considering physiological Community, Research and Development) at the requirements Establish a national agricultural FDA land resource database to facilitate information • Establish short-duration courses at in-country exchange institutions (University of Liberia, Forestry • Increase the total area protected against soil Training Institute, and the Liberia Institute for degradation through diverse schemes including Public Adminiatration) and support training of agro-forestry. forestry staff • Conduct a nationwide inventory of viable inland • Develop forestry information system and valley swamps dissimination framework • Develop a strategic irrigation investment plan; • Rehabilitate and equip the regional forestry and expand irrigable land offices devastated by the civil war • Construct and promote diverse irrigation systems, • Decentralize the forestry office, ensuring

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 19 functional regional offices among themselves, with service providers • Support integation of NGOs and communities and with policy makersEnsure the enabling stakeholders into the forest sector planning environment for SMFE development: clear process, support an enabling environment for tenure rules, simple business registration and marginalised populations to participate in the export porcedures and accesible tax and financial planning process incentive schemes • Facilitate information flows along forest supply Priority 2: chains for timber and key non timber forest Sustainable forest resource management practices products. that would ensure sustainable forest productivity, • Develop and support forest land reclimation ecological stability, and promotion of national growth programmes, and tree planting and stability. • Develop and support community forestry in collaboration with partner institutions Key interventions needed include: • Support fair and equitable forest management with respect to land tenure issues and community • FAO should increasingly support opportunities empowerment to convene stakeholders to participate in forest • Supoprt action that build on current initiatives sector dialogue at the regional and national level including FLEGT, REDD and community and and assure a seat at the table for stakeholders conservation forestry programmes. and assure dialogue on challenging topics • Supporting increased communication and 2.4.4 Government Strategy coordination between donors, stakeholders and - Partners, Main Actors and the GoL represented most often by FDA, but to include the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, Institutions in the Sector Ministry of Planning, and the Land Commission The main actors and institutions involved in • Continue to support the National Forest rehabilitation, recovery, development and growth of Programme (NFP) of the Forest Development the agriculture, forestry, and rural development sectors Authority, which resulted in the NFP Platform, the in Liberia include the Government, UN agencies and National Forest Forum and County Forest Forums Programmes and Donors , namely FAO, UNDP, UNICEF, • Participatory development of a sector monitoring WFP, ILO, WHO, EU, USAID, World Bank, IFAD, Embassies, framework International and National NGOs • Review current national forest management programme and develop strategic forest The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture mangement policy and strategies for FDA (MoA) provides leadership in setting out the • Create public awareness, establish forest forums Government’s intentions, priorities and objectives and support workshops and forestry meetings at for the sector, and advocates for involvement of national and county levels various interests in the sector, and mobilizes support • Regular monitoring of forestry activities within and resources from various sources of such support. the framework of the FLEGT / VPA process Presently, it is yet to have adequate capacities and • Promote multistakeholder participation in forest resources to carry out major functions and roles of law enforcement and compliance with all forestry sensitization, analysis, coordination, regulation and regulations and laws and participatory dispute monitoring. This inadequacy is understandable given resolution the widespread destruction to the Ministry’s services, • Support alternative livelihoods activities for systems and human resources by the 15 - year civil war communities in and around productive forest in the country. Nonetheless, the Ministry is currently zones very active and making serious efforts in establishing • Support forest based small and medium leadership in major activities in the sector, especially enterprises through enterpreneurial, financial setting the priority activities of the sector in thePRS, and technical capacity building effortsSupport mobilizing support and resources from all possible forest producer associations that unite SMFEs sources – Multi- and bi-lateral agencies, donors, for economy of scale, greater bargaining power individuals and the Liberian people themselves. among others

• Reinforce the Forest Connect Liberia Initiative A number of the UN Agencies - FAO, WFP, UNDP, UNICEF, (hosted by SAMFU), which aim is to connect SMFEs WHO and UNHCR - maintained their presence in the and have them informed and communicating country, and acted in the place of the government during

20 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK the civil war and after, until the present Government more of development activities such as support to was inaugurated in 2006. They largely determined the community-based agriculture development, advocacy, priority activities to be carried out in the sector, reflecting policy dialogues, and resource mobilization. A few are their respective areas of competence and mandates, implementing agents for key donor agencies, and are and providing the assistance they could afford, including involved in more detailed development cum investment funds and materials they could mobilize, and to some activities, particularly in post harvest interventions such extent technical services by the Technical Agencies as value added. of FAO, WHO, ILO. The Agencies have retained their physical and technical presence in the country with a few like FAO and WHO having regional and sub-regional Section 3: FAO’s Comparative offices for advice and technical backstopping. Currently, they are consulting with the government, particularly Advantage the MoA on all matters relating to food security and agricultural development, essentially to ensure Several international actors are engaged in varying coordination and complementarily of efforts. Their on- support in agricultural activities and at differing levels, going and planned activities are very largely responses including the FAO, the UNDP, the WFP and National and to the priorities of the Government’s PRS, and where International NGOs. Over the years, FAO has provided necessary, provisions are made for support to the food policy and technical production, value addition and and agriculture sector. marketing support (upland and lowland rice, vegetable gardening, root and tuber, fisheries a livestock). FAO has International and Liberian NGOs were very active in the over the years also provided humanitarian support to sector during the war and immediately after, largely strengthen local agricultural production in refugee and involved with humanitarian relief assistance, focusing displaced persons-affected areas. on the distribution of farm tools and inputs. With the emergency period now officially at a close, the activities Agriculture sector stakeholders in Liberia recognize of the NGOs are now gradually being directed to cover the important role of FAO in providing leadership and

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 21 coordination to the sector. FAO’s coordination role has many different aspects, ranging from field coordination Building on existing expertise and experience, these to leadership in sectoral analysis, needs assessments and are priority areas for FAO’s collaboration with the policy dialogue. Through its training programmes, FAO Government of Liberia (GoL) in promoting food security; contributes significantly to improving crop cultivation and in line with GoL priorities as defined in the Liberia and cultivation methods, as well as post-harvest crop Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (LASIP), management. FAO is also distributing high quality seeds which sets out the GoL’s five-year sector strategy on and tools, to improve access of vulnerable farmers to agriculture, highlighting four priority programmes, key agricultural inputs. Agriculture sector partners namely food and nutrition security, competitive value also see a key role for FAO in capacity building for local chains and market linkages, institutional development, institutions, as well as advocacy and fund- raising for the land and water development as well as two cross-cutting agriculture sector. issues gender, youth and environmental protection).

Measured against FAO’s global framework as defined by FAO can make a significant contribution to a number of its five cross-cutting strategic objectives, FAO’s strength LASIP priority programmes and sub-programmes: in Liberia clearly lies in a number of areas, including: • In the programme on food and nutrition security, • Sustainable intensification of crop production FAO can contribute to the enhancement of Increased sustainable livestock production productivity of food crops, improved nutritional Sustainable management and use of fisheries and status and management of food emergencies, aquaculture Sustainable management of forests fisheries development as well as livestock and trees Sustainable management of land, water development and promotion. and genetic resources and improved response to • Tree crops and agro-forestry global environment challenges affecting food and • Value addition agriculture Improved food security and nutrition • In the programme on competitive value chains

22 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK and market linkages, FAO can contribute to and value addition, marketing, and diversification the rehabilitation and development of rural C. Sustainable national resources management and agricultural infrastructure and technology as well utilization as market and enterprise development. D. Strengthening human and institutional capacities • In the programme on institutional development, in the public and private sectors and civil society FAO can provide capacity building for the organizations for coordination, information Ministry of Agriculture, help build extension management, planning, delivery and monitoring services and enhance infomation knowledge and technologies, provide capacity building for farm – CPF Priority Areas A: Sector and based organisations, support the revitalisation of agricultural research and help renew agricultural Sub-sector Policy Assistance and education and training. Advocacy • In the programme on land and water development, FAO can support enhanced land husbandry as Main Issues and Challenges to be well as the expansion of irrigable land. Addressed • In the programme on forestry, FAO has a comparative advantage to organise and convene • The CASS-LIB and FAPS notwithstanding, the stakeholders with high level government lack of a situation analysis that will anchor authorities to ensure participatory planning policy measures, ensuring an environment for processes and equitable management of the sustainable growth and development in the forest sector that will contribute to regional sector stability. • The lack of detailed and specific assessments, studies and reviews on mechanisation, sustainable FAO’s role in supporting the GoL is also reflected in the use of fertilizer, lowland development, land United Nations Development Assistance Framework use, financial services (credit and savings) at all (UNDAF). In the UNDAF, FAO has been identified as levels, input and output markets, development lead for agriculture, forestry, environment and food communication, strategies for linkages between security under Pillar Two on sustainable economic large scale commercial and small scale enterprises, transformation. In addition, FAO contributes toa among others number of other sub-themes in the UNDAF, including • The need for national and local institutions to be private sector development and sustainable livelihoods capacitated in strategic planning, harmonization and infrastructure and energy. and priority setting for comprehensive policy, legislation and regulation

Section 4: Programming for CPF Results Results To address the above-mentioned issues and challenges, FAO will, in close collaboration with the Government 4.1: FAO-GoL Collaboration for and other relevant partners, contribute to, and achieve CPF Priority Areas, Outcomes and the following results. Outputs for 2012 -2015 Impact: Improved and sustainable availability and The priority areas of FAO assistance in Liberia for the access to adequate food, and forest products to support period 2012-2015 reflect the urgency for support to national growth and development the Government, the gaps in on-going and planned activities in the sector, the competence of FAO and the Outcome 1: Functional sector and sub-sector policies, level of resources available to the Organization to take and advocacy pro-active actions or establish partnerships and cost- sharing mechanisms to meet the requests to it by the Output 1.1: capacity of national and local government Government. The strategic areas are presented below authorities and institutions strengthened to review, with budgetary estimates provided in Table 1-A & 1-B. monitor, identify policy gaps, develop and harmonize, prioritise, disseminate and implement policies, plans A. Sector and sub-sector policy assistance and and strategies that increase production, processes, advocacy employment, food security and income B. Production, productivity and competitiveness,

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 23 Activity (ies): • Support mobilisation and sensitisation of farming communities, farmers’ organisation, traders and • Conduct Situation Analyses to establish processors on agricultural food security and policy measures that will ensure the enabling natural resource policies environment for pro-poor development and • Support training of value chain actors in policy growth in the sector, particularly carrying out formulation and reviews detailed studies or Reviews on: inputs/outputs markets for small and medium agents; sustainable CPF Priority Area B: Production, use of fertilizer and agro-chemicals; availability Productivity and Competitiveness of Financial Services (credit and savings) at all levels; Taxation of the sector; special investment (Production, Productivity, incentives (review of the Investment Code) for Competitively, Value Addition, and private sector involvement; strategies for large Diversification) commercial and small scale enterprises • Provide technical assistance to government and Main Issues and Challenges to be local institutions to build their capacity in strategic planning, harmonization and priority setting for Addressed comprehensive policy, legislative and regulation • Encourage and support, through critical • The lack of a comprehensive analysis/assessment engagement and dialogue, with public institutions of value chain actors to develop agricultural sub-sector policies i.e. • Need for a strengthened planting material supply production, land use, mechanisation, livestock programme in collaboration with partners and fishery • Need to upgrade product quality and safety • In collaboration with GoL and stakeholders standards and assurances along the market chain encourage and facilitate the formulation of a • Development and mangement of agriculture and pricing and marketing policy marketing information • Establish sub-sector policies and strategies for: • Increasing support to mechanisation and Rice (the most important staple food crop); commecialisation Livestock (its potential for food security and • Addressing issues of equitable access to growth); Tree Crops (the importance of their value production inputs, land and machinery chains for employment and growth); Land tenure • Support platform for informed dialogue to and management (ensuring forward planning and encourage private sector participation in the investment in agriculture); Trade and exports (to sector enhance the competitiveness of the value chains of the sector, increase income and revenue) CPF Results • Define strategies and actions to support operationalisation of the Liberia Agricultural Outcome 2: Improved and Diversified Food Production Sector Investment Program (LASIP) and the and Distribution System CAADP COMPACT Output 2.1: Capacity of national institutions to support Output 1.2: Farming communities, farmer organizations and enhance production and productivity (crops, (cooperative and associations), traders and processors’ livestock, and fishery), delivery sustainably strengthened participation in policy reviews, development and implementation is enhanced Activity (ies):

Activity (ies): • Strengthen CARI; assistance in developing and implementing a Planting Materials Supply • GoL with relevant partner as well small to medium Programme (PMSP) in collaboration with the agents to develop strategies for the mechanization private sector, NGOs and CBOs in order to advance the transformation from • Undertake a study to inform the Government subsistence to commercial agriculture, thereby on appropriate incentives to promote the increasing their competitiveness establishment of agro-industries in the rural areas • GoL with relevant partners and stakeholders • Provide assistance to hold policy dialogues and to develop strategy for irrigation and low land workshops to identify and prepare strategies development (measures and incentives) for sustainable

24 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK increased private sector involvement in the value value commodities; joint ventures, and public/ chains of selected commodities; Agro-Business private sector partnerships Development • Provide technical assistance to public institutions Output 2.2: Capacity of farming communities, including to strengthen their capacity for research to those affected by civil wars and natural disaster, for generate knowledge, technologies, improve, increased and sustainable production and productivity regulate and certify and supply quality production (crops, livestock & fishery) enhanced in a sustainable inputs and stocking material manner • Develop, update and disseminate reliable agricultural information for planning and use in Activity (ies): early warning systems development • Provide technical assistance for research, analysis • Support development of infrastructure and and interpretation of long term changes due affordable agro-inputs for crop production and to climate and emerging issues that increase productivity enhancement and for mitigating the vulnerabilities and risks of communities to effects of climate change respond to disasters • Support capacity of development of farmers • Support systems for management of agricultural and traders to access facilities and services for and marketing information, data and knowledge increased mechanisation and commercialisation including public-private partnerships, including • Provide gender equitable access to production the media for dissemination and use of critical inputs, agro-processing technologies and markets agriculture and environment information • Promote and support the value chain approach • Develop and disseminate tools for surveillance, to agricultural commodity/agro-enterprise monitoring, forecasting and control of pests and development in various agricultural zones in line diseases of major crops, livestock, agro-forestry, with farmers’ innovation approached forestry and fisheries. • Provide support for development of platforms • Provide assistance to prepare projects for for selected value chains for value addition, investment (local and foreign) in specific marketing and cross border tradeDevelop segments of the value chains of selected high

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 25 partnerships for market information and linkages • Support production diversification for identified along the value chain through the rural knowledge and markets established along agriculture network approachProvide technical assistance production for capacity development to establish, strengthen • Support to expanded storage and processing and upgrade product of high quality and safety facilities and infrastructure for crops, livestock standards and assurance along the market chain and fisheries for increased national, regional and international • Support to food safety, quality control and visible trade. private capacity participation in value chains • Empower farming communities including those in cooperatives, with skills for improved post- CPF Priority Area C. Sustainable harvest handling and agro-processing • Support post harvest handling, agro-processing, National Resources Management and market infrastructure establishment and and Utilization rehabilitation

26 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Main Issues and Challenges to be • Establish a strategy for revitalising aquaculture Addressed • Assistance to restocking the livestock sub-sector • Mobilise support to implement the validated Fisheries Action Plan • The need for strengthening programme and plans • Contribute to establishing a food security for sustainable forest resources management and monitoring system community based enterprise development • Develop programmes and plans to ensure • The need to develop acomprehensive Rural sustainable forest resources management, Women Empowerment Programme accelerating community-based forest enterprise • The need for safety net programmes to support development vulnerable groups • Establishment of forest information system • The need for proramme to revitalise agricultural • Capacity building (training and equipment) in cooperatives and farmer-based organizations forestry

CPF Results Output 3.4 Capacity of farmers and the farming communities to sustainably manage and utilise natural Outcome 3: Improved Natural Resources Management resources to cope with effects of climate change strengthened. Output 3.1: Capacity of national, local government authorities, and local partners, including NGOs to provide natural resource, food security and nutrition Activity (ies): advice and, services reviewed and strengthened; • Support mobilisation and sensitisation of vulnerable communities on the importance of Output 3.2: Where applicable, the expertise of Teams agricultural, food security and natural resources and other technical specialists in forestry, crops, and management livestock reviewed, strengthened and drawn on; • Implement programmes and plans to ensure sustainable forest resources management, Output 3.3: In collaboration with GoL and other accelerating community-based forest enterprise partners, the establishment of food safety and quality development regulations, legislation and guidelines to monitor • Support to farmers and farming communities in activities at national and international levels facilitated. improved and sustainable utilisation of land and water resources Activity (ies): • Provide assistance to mobilise resources for a Programme to revitalise Agricultural Cooperatives • Contribute to the implementation of the UN Joint and Farmer-BasedOrganisations, and establish a Programme for Food and Nutrition Security. forum and data base on these institutions • Provide assistance to establish Safety Net Programmes; provide support to national institutions (LRRRC) for short term CPF Priority Area D. Strengthening support to vulnerable groups (returnees and human and institutional ex-combatants), for income generating and capacities in the public and employment activities. private sectors and civil society • Establish food safety and quality regulation, legislation and guidelines to monitor activities at organisations for coordination, national and international levels information management, • Develop an Umbrella Rural Women Empowerment planning, delivery and monitoring Programme designed to enhance women’s decision-making powers, access to credit, land, Main Issues and Challenges to be extension services, technology and market information, literacy and numeracy; prepare Addressed complementary inputs to on-going programmes for women in agriculture being managed by the • To guide, direct and manage the sector the MoA Ministry of Gender and Development desires a compehensive capacities development • Developing and implementing a comprehensive initatives Youth in Agriculture Programme • The need to establish and strengthen various technical units and structures of MoA

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 27 • The need for a research strategy and information for situation analysis, coordination, planning, management system monitoring and programming; enforcing food, • The need to strengthen capacities in specialised zoo-and phytosanitory standards areas such as in policy formulation, analysis and • Formulate an Agricultural Research Strategy and implementation, project cycle management Programme, and strengthening CARI to meet the agricultural statistics demands for seed and livestock multiplication and use CPF Results • Develop an Information Management System for production and marketing, natural resource base Outcome 4: Increased human and Institutional assessment and crop assessment programmes Capacities of the public and private sectors and civil • Provide assistance to establish within MoA or society organizations for coordination, planning, strengthen where in existence, a number of delivery and monitoring critical Units including: i. Plant Protection Division or Bureau to Output 4.1: Capacity of public and private sectors as well handle, regulate, monitor, advise and as civil society organisations for coordination, planning, transfer knowledge and skills on the use and monitoring, and delivery assessed application of improved technologies on plant protection in the country ii. An Agricultural Engineering Unit (Mechanical Activity (ies): and Civil) iii. Agricultural Market Information Service • Strengthen the capacities of MoA for policy (MoA and NGO) that uses local FM radios, analysis, project cycle management, agricultural mobile phones and the internet, and links the statistics and data collection (gender and age national system with sub-regional (ECOWAS) disaggregated), processing and management, market information system

28 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Table-1: A. Results Framework and output budget projection 2012-2015 CPF Impact Improved and sustainable availability and access to adequate food and forest products to support national growth and development Budget Projection (USD) Outcomes Outputs Priority interventions Partners 2012 2013 2014 2015 1. Sector and Output 1:1 Situation analysis and Policy Workshops for USAID, 1,000,000 1,430,000 1,250,000 1,000,000 sub-sector policy Strengthened capacity of national establishment of sub sector policies and Strate- UNDP, World investment and local government institutions gies for: Bank assistance and to review, identify policy gaps, • Rice advocacy develop and harmonize, prioritize, • Livestock disseminate and implement • Fisheries policies, plans and strategies and • Agricultural Trade & Exports formulate/execute investment • Inputs/Outputs markets projects that increase production, processing, decent employ- Preparation of a strategy for: ment, food security and income • Irrigation strengthened • Mechanization for small holders

Establishment of a pricing and marketing policy Output 1.2 Policy Workshops on: 800,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 500,000 Capacity of farming communities, • sustainable fertilizer and agro-chemicals use: farmers’ organizations (Coop- eratives and associations), and • availability of Financial Services (credit and traders, processors to participate savings) at all levels in policy reviews, development and implementation enhanced Policy Dialogues on Investment incentives for the private sector in agriculture

2. Production, Output 2:1 Enhancement of national capacity in monitoring UNIDO, 1,830,000 2,520,500 1,787,500 1,462,000 productivity, Com- Capacity of public institutions food security and natural disaster risk manage- UNDP, WFP, petitively, Value to deliver increased sustain- ment and mitigation UNIFEM Addition, and able production and productivity Diversification strengthened. Support to A National Programme for Food Security

Enhancing the country’s capacity for availability of high quality seeds and planting materials

Enhancing agricultural extension services

Strengthening Rural Infrastructure for com- petitively, enhancing the country’s capacity for management and promotion of livestock production.

Enhancing modernization of the supply chains of the Agriculture sector

Output 2.2 Enhancing Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture 3,000,000 4,000,000 4,250,000 3,000,000 capacity of farming communities, for income and agri-business including those affected by civil war and natural disaster, for increased Promotion and Commercialization of High and sustainable production and Yielding Crops (Chili Pepper and Banana productivity enhanced. Support to enhancing Pest management in food and cash crops

Support to enhance livestock husbandry, health and management practices

Enhancing improvement in post harvest activi- ties and agro processing

Enhancing the value chains and commerciali- zation of agriculture

Enhancing commercialization of the agriculture sector

Support to strengthen market efficiency

Support to revitalization of Aquaculture

Support to Youths in Agriculture

Support to Women in Agriculture

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 29 CPF Impact Improved and sustainable availability and access to adequate food and forest products to support national growth and development Budget Projection (USD) Outcomes Outputs Priority interventions Partners 2012 2013 2014 2015 3. Natural Resources Man- Output 3:1 Strengthening the FDA for Natural USAID, 725,000 1,485,000 1,105,000 380,000 agement Partnership and capacities of govern- Resources Management UNDP, WB ment, civil society and private sector to sustainably manage and utilize Support to MOA for natural resources natural resources strengthened management in agriculture

Capacity Building in Community Forestry (i.e. forest law enforcement, GIS, research, financial manage- ment, procurement, protected areas, personnel management)

Support Decentralization of the FDA

Training assistance to support FDA, Forestry Training Institute, and the college of Agriculture & Forestry, University of Liberia

Establishment of Forest statistics/ data base and forest information System

Output 3:2 Strengthening and provision of 1,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 Capacity of farmers and the farming support to stallholder tree crops and communities to sustainably manage agro-forestry development and utilize natural resources to cope with effects of climate change Nursery Development for Timber & strengthened. Non-Timber forest products

Organizing and supporting pit- sawyers into viable entities

4. Strengthening human and Output 4:1 Support to strengthen the Planning USAID, 1,400,000 2,240,000 2,000,000 1,360,000 institutional capacities of the Capacity of public and private sectors Development Department of the MoA, UNDP, IFAD, public and private sectors and as well as civil society organiza- including its Program Management GOL, EU, civil Society organizations tion for coordination, planning and Unit IITA, UCT, for coordination, planning, delivery monitoring, strengthened UNCTAD, delivery and monitoring Support to strengthen capacities for WHO, MOA/ Food Safety and Quality WFP-FSNS

Support to Agricultural statistics and information system

Assistance to strengthen MOA for technical service delivery

Support to market and enterprise development

Support to strengthen Farmer-Based Organizations

30 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK B. Estimated Budget Projection per CPF outcome Priority area A 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total cost for the 4 years Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Outcomes Sector and sub-sector policy assistance and advocacy 7,980,00 1,800,000 2,430,000 2,250,000 1,500,000

Production, productivity, competitivity, value addition and 21,850,000 4,830,000 6,520,500 6,037,500 4,462,000 diversification Natural resources management 10,695,000 1,725,000 4,485,000 3,105,000 1,380,000

Strengthening human and institutional capacities of the 7,000,000 1,400,000 2,240,000 2,000,000 1,360,000 public and private sectors and civil society organizations for coordination, planning, delivery and monitoring Toral 47,525,000 9,755,000 15,675,500 13,392,500 8,702,000

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 31 4.2. Guiding Principles for Programme Implementation The FAO core objectives for the attainment of the CPF outcomes are as follows: The guiding principle applied in formulating FAO a. To support enabling policy and regulatory programmes hinges on: framework and investment formulation, development, dissemination and implementation i. Supporting development of policies and b. To support sustainable increase in household building capacity for action in areas that can incomes and improved food and nutrition simulate sustainable development of food security and reduce vulnerability of the farming production communities. ii. Security and pro-poor economic growth c. To support generation and increase access to iii. Fostering progress in the global and regional reliable appropriate information and knowledge conditions for developing through policy and on food and nutrition, crops, livestock, fisheries regulatory coherence and the availability of and forestry and share the good practices information to and lesson learned with the aim of attaining iv. Underpin national development; and sustainable development. v. Addressing emerging issues. d. To support sustainable management and utilization of natural resources. The implementation of the CPF will result in a situation whereby “improving increase availability and access The attainment of the above objectives will involve to food supplies, increase in smallholder productivity collaboration and partnerships with ministries/agencies and competitiveness and improve adequate forest of GoL mandated with agriculture, fisheries, forestry, protection, sustainable management and use of the national resources management, and rural development national forest resources for national growth and sector donors, UN Organisations, Private sector and development that would benefit current and future NGOs, in line with the priority areas as indicated herein. generations.”

32 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK Section 5: Implementation, major agricultural, social and economic developments that FAO conducts in the country and at the same time Monitoring and Evaluation conduct monitoring, assessment and reporting of its output on the agricultural sector countrywide. FAO will, in as much as possible, adhere to its responsibility to promote action on all aspects of CPF The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) shall be the and in this respect source and allocate resources to responsible agency on behalf of the Government for facilitate implementation leading to achievement of the implementation of the CPF. A Steering Committee the stated objectives. However, considering that there involving the stakeholders will be established for policy are limittions on resources resulting from the effects decision, programming, implementation, monitoring of the financial munch on potential donors, alternative and evaluation of the progress of the CPF. MoA will sources of funding to complement FAO efforts will be describe how the Ministry will conduct agricultural explored jointly by the Liberian Government and FAO. programmes defined by the CPF with FAO and present a Monitoring and Evaluation framework so as to ensure 5.1 Implementation that the operational systems of the CPF remain fully functional and sustainable and are linked to the National The implementation of the CPF will be under the joint Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Systems. jurisdiction and ownership of both the GoL and FAO. The implementation of the programme will be carried out 5.2 In-Country Monitoring and in direct partnership and consultation with the relevant ministries, agencies and stakeholders of the GoL. The Evaluation Mechanism FAO Representative in Liberia will be responsible for Monitoring and evaluation of the CPF will be in carrying out the implementation of the FAO side of the accordance with a results matrix (annex 2, 3 & 4) and programme. He will be entitled to receive full authority monitoring and evaluation framework agreed between and support of the inter-disciplinary Country Task Force FAO and the government. Implementing partners will of technical officers at FAO Head Quarters, Regional provide periodic reports on progress, achievements and Sub-Regional Offices. The Representative shall also and results of their activities in accordance with a initiate consultations and other actions that will lead format established by FAO and the Government. There to the establishment of partnerships between FAO and will be an annual and mid-term review as well as final other Development Partners in the country to implement assessment of the programme as agreed between the aspects of the programme. For the ease of monitoring Government and FAO. and evaluation, FAO will keep MOA and GoL informed of

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34 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK ions pt ssum A National peace and security peace National Sustainable securitykey food remains of Liberia’s priority in the Government strategies. development security food National survey conducted LISGIS and MOA by ion t erifica V ources of S eans & M MoA, Ministry of Planning & Economic Affairs MoA, Ministry Affairs of Planning & Economic annual reports Baseline survey report FAO security food LISGIS/MoA national survey report CDA and MoA ReportsCDA Baseline survey report FAO CDA and MoA ReportsCDA Baseline survey report FAO Annual Report, MoA Bureau of Livestock Report,of Livestock Annual MoA Bureau WFP and FAO LISGIS,CFSNS, (JP FSN, Report) MoA FAO report assessment and LISGIS crop MoA, FAO t e g ar t ine & l ors, base t ndica I x Number of national & local government institutions capacity built to review, monitor and identify policy gaps as well as develop and policy and identify as develop monitor gaps as well institutions capacity review, built to & local government Number of national policies; and implement disseminate prioritize, harmonize, Baseline: 3 6 Target: Number of farming organizations (cooperatives & associations) participating in policy review, development and implementation development participating & associations) in policy review, (cooperatives Number of farming organizations TBD Baseline: 15 Target Number of national & local government institutions capacity strengthened to plan and strategize for increased production, employment, production, employment, increased for plan and strategize to institutions capacity strengthened & local government Number of national securityfood generation and income Baseline: 3 6 Target: Average Number of livestock per household in selected areas per household in selected areas Number of livestock Average =7 Baseline pig =3 chicken :Goat=3 14 6 Chicken 6, Pig Goat Target: production inputs agricultural Number of farming households receiving Baseline: 61,000 150,000 Target: areas, in selected target technology processing utilizing food Number of farmer-based organizations Baseline: 23 50 Target: for under cultivation crops) Number of hectares (food Rice Baseline: 222,670 of baseline 20% increase Target: A) atri M art x (P s lt esults atri R esu

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CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 35 ions pt ssum A ion t erifica V ources of S eans & M MOA annual report MOA FAO report FAO annual Fishery(BNF), of National MOA Bureau report JPFSN, report FAO MOA annual report MOA JPFSN, report FAO t e g ar t ine & l ors, base t ndica I Cassava Baseline: 57,360 of baseline 25 % increase Target: Potato Sweet TBD with MoA in 2013 Baseline: 1,500 ha Target: Eddoes TBD with MoA in 2013 Baseline: 1,500 Target: Vegetable TBD Baseline: 4,500 ha Target: and functioning small holder organizations facilities established by processing Number of food 5 Youth: 6; group: Women 9; coop: Baseline: Mixed 10 Youth: 12; group: Women 18; coop: Mixed Target: local partners advisorysecurity and food Number of national, including NGOs with capacity provide service to resources on national expertise Number of communities assisted to adopt sustainable forest resource management practices; management resource adopt sustainable forest to assisted Number of communities Baseline: 10 30 Target: change the effects of climate adapt and mitigate to assisted Number of communities TBD Baseline 25 Target: and functioningNumber of fishponds established/constructed areas in selected target Baseline: 407 of baseline 25 % increase Target: including data information/ and marketing environmental collecting communities and utilizing agricultural, Number of vulnerable indigenous knowledge TBD Baseline: 200 Target: Number of civil organizations trained and participating in coordination, planning, monitoring and delivery monitoring services planning, and participating trained in coordination, Number of civil organizations Baseline: 10 40 Target and delivery monitoring services planning, and participatingNumber of small holder FBOs trained in coordination, TBD Baseline: 175 Target: s lt esu R

t F P C emen t a St : A rea A y t Improved natural resources utilization utilization resources natural 3: Improved utcome civil society and capacitiesutput 3:1 Partnership of government, Capacity of farmers and the farming communities to to utput 3.2 Capacity of farmers and the farming communities Adequate human and Institutional Capacities of the human and Institutional Capacities 4: Adequate utcome as civil sectors as well utput 4.1: Capacity of public and private Priori O O natural sustainably manage and utilize sector to and private strengthened resources O with effects cope to resources natural sustainably manage and utilize change strengthened of climate O - coordi sectors for and civil Society organizations public and private delivery and monitoring planning, management information nation, O and monitoring, planning, coordination, for society organizations and strengthened delivery reviewed

36 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK ners t esource R Par USAID WB EU SIDA l iona t erna t ners ners n t t I USAID, WFP USAID, Par Par g g in in t t emen emen l pl pl m m I I iona t a N MOA MIA MOA CDA MoCI MOA MoA CDA MOA LISGIS MOA FDA FTI MOA FDA ion t 4,680,000 3,300,000 7,600,000 6,500,000 3,695,000 7,000,000 13,250,000 iza l t e g obi M ar t esource R $) US ( t

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CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 37 R R Y G G G G g e in t t or o da p t e R es g en ll ress and cha g Pro Currently there are inadequate and reliable national national and reliable inadequate are there Currently (R) as a Red Flag raises This partners.policy from data all partners. challenge for a considerable and generation production, income of crop Lack security food and nutritional data. adequate and field activitiesreports generated Periodic are submitted. y t i l onsibi p es hods/frequency/ R t e M Annually and constant field and constant Annually report be conducted monitoring to MOA FAO, by Monitoring, evaluation and evaluation Monitoring, reporting-quarterly/annually by LISGIS and also other MOA, FAO, partners.implementing by visits field monitoring Periodic and other partners. MOA FAO, and MOA FAO, and by Annually partners.other implementing field activitiesreport from Current all stakeholders. and by - ion t verifica eans and sources of M CDA and MoA reports CDA baseline survey FAO Review of annual reports Ministry of FAO, MOA, from Affairs, Planning & Economic imple and localgovernments partnersmenting alike. of Bureau annual report, MOA Security Food Crop, Livestock, and Nutritional Survey WFP and FAO LISGIS, (CFSNF), Bureau reports of MOA, Field of Livestock and FAO WFP, LISGIS, CFSNF, Coordination Agriculture (ACC). Committee s t e g ar t ine/ l ors/base t ndica I Number of farming organizations Number of farming organizations partici and associations) - (cooperatives development in policypating review, and implementation TBD Baseline: 15 Target: - & local govern Number of national institutions capacity ment built to policy and identify monitor review, harmonize, and develop as well as gaps and implement disseminate prioritize, policies; Baseline: 3 6 Target: per Number of livestock Average household in selected areas Baseline : Goat=3 pig=3 =7 chicken 6 Goat Target: 6 Pig: 14 Chicken Number of farming households production agricultural receiving inputs Baseline:61,000 Target:150,000 - k ramewor F s lt esu R

F P C onitoring M 3: x nne utput 1.2: utput 1.1: utput 2.1: O and traders, & associations), (cooperatives farmer organizations Capacity of farming communities, enhanced and implementation development participate in policy to review, processors gies that increase production, processes, employment, food security food strengthened and income employment, production, processes, increase gies that Outcome 1: Functional sector and sub-sector 1: Functional Outcome and advocacy policies, O identify monitor, review, authorities and institutions to and local government Capacity of national plans and strate policies, and implement disseminate prioritize, and harmonize, policy develop gaps, food production and distribution system and diversified 2: Improved Outcome O organizations/ Units farmers’ Technical institutions MoA i.e Extension, Research, Capacity of national support to production and productivity Leaders and enhance (crops, Local sector, private associations, fishery sustainably strengthened livestock, to deliver A

38 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK R Y G G e g t in t o da t or p es e g R en ll ress and cha g Pro Commitment and ability to mobilize resources to to resources and ability mobilize to Commitment support programmes. cultivation Monthly/quarterly/mid-term/final crop reports. and monitoring assessment information management resource Sustainable forest planning and programming. for is available for and allocation mobilization resource Commitment, programmes. all from commitment Resource and reliable Strong parties support to programmes. agricultural, all partners to by adhere to Commitment information and market environmental y t i l onsibi p es hods/frequency/ R t e M Periodic field monitoring visits field monitoring Periodic and other partners MOA FAO, by Securityincluding Food and Nutrition. and implementing MOA FAO, - partners based Enter Community- and monitoring prise Development reports. evaluation visits field monitoring Periodic and other partners MOA FAO, by Securityincluding Food and Nutrition all partners and by Annually and FAO including MOA Annually/quarterly all and by partnersimplementing including MOA. FAO, ion t verifica eans and sources of M Annual FAO, MOA and Food and Food MOA FAO, Annual Security and Nutritional (FSN) and baseline survey reports. and other partners’ MOA FAO, baseline survey reports on potato, sweet cassava, rice, crop eddoes and vegetable reports. assessment Baseline and field activity partners-reports from FDA, Mines & Energy, Lands, EPA, of Liberia, etc. University Impact and assessment baseline survey reports from Mines and Lands, FDA, EPA, & Energy s t e g ar t ine/ l ors/base t ndica I Number of small holder farmer-based organizations utilizing food processing technology in selected target in selected target technology processing utilizing food Number of small holder farmer-based organizations areas Baseline 23 50 Target for under cultivation crops) Number of hectares (food Rice Baseline:222,670 of increase Target:20% baseline Cassava Baseline:57,360 25% increase Target: Potato Sweet TBD with MoA in 2013 Baseline: 1,500 ha Target: Eddoes TBD with MoA in 2013 Baseline: 1,500 Target: Vegetable TBD Baseline: 4,500 ha Target: s lt esu R

F P C Outcome 2: Improved and diversified food production and distribution system (Cont.) food production and distribution system and diversified 2: Improved Outcome

CPF Liberia 2012 - 2015 39 R Y G G e g t in t o da t or p es e g R en ll ress and cha g Pro y t i l onsibi p es hods/frequency/ R t e M Regular field visits to collect, to Regular field visits and reportby findings analyze partners ion t verifica eans and sources of M Baseline survey and annual Ministryreports from of Planning and Economic Liberia Monitoring Affairs, Unit and other and Evaluation partners. Annual/quarterly reports and EPA FDA, MOA, FAO, from as well Ministry of Commerce as baseline survey reports. s t e g ar t ine/ l ors/base t ndica I Number of food processing facilities established by small holder organizations and functioning small holder organizations facilities established by processing Number of food Baseline: 9 crop: Mixed 6 group Women Target:Mixed,18 12 group Women 5 Youth Baseline: 10 Target practices management adopt sustainable forest to assisted Number of communities change the effects of climate adapt and mitigate to assisted Number of communities - informa and marketing environmental collecting communities and utilizing agricultural, Number of vulnerable including indigenous knowledge tion/ data TBD Baseline: 200 Target: s lt esu R

F P C Outcome 2: Improved and diversified food production and distribution system (Cont.) food production and distribution system and diversified 2: Improved Outcome

40 COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK R Y Y G G G g e t in t o da or t p e es R g en ll ress and cha g Pro Currently FAO and MoA are empowering local empowering and MoA are FAO Currently partners information. with inputs and market Currently, little information can be sought from from can be sought little information Currently, and programming review agencies for relevant is giving maximum support to FAO Currently partners implementation. in programme Resources are sought and committed by FAO FAO by and committed sought are Resources difficult on the part yet of some with appropriate partners. partners by and committed sought are Resources a leading role. taking with FAO - y t i l onsibi p es hods/frequency/ R t e M Reports baseline surveys and from programme other reports from partners. Annually with data collection, with data Annually analysis and reporting all by involved. stakeholders collection, with data Annually analysis and reporting all by in the imple involved stakeholders visits on the quarterly/Field implementing annually by partners. by partners, field visits led Periodic and MoA FAO by mentation of programmes. mentation ion t verifica eans and sources of M - Number of farming com munities with the ability and use analyze collect, to environmental agricultural information and marketing practices improved for Baseline survey, annual Baseline survey, MOA, FAO, reports from Ministry Affairs of Internal and other civil societies. Baseline survey and annual MOA, FAO, reports from Fisheries of National Bureau Security and MOA/Food FAO, Mines, Lands, Nutrition, FDA, reports and baseline Energy surveys. Baseline survey and other - implement key reports from ing partners. s t e g ar t ine/ l ors/base t ndica I utput 3.2 O to Capacity of farming communities and use agricul - analyze collect, and marketing environmental tural, including indigenous information/data improved knowledge Number of farming communities Number of farming communities wars and natural by the civil affected and sustainable increased for disaster, production and productivity (crops, and fishery)livestock, in a sustainable manner with Number of farming communities livestock in crop, sustainable increased and fishery in a sustainable enhanced manner. local partnersNumber of national, including NGOs with capacity to advisoryprovide services on natural security and food expertise. resources Number of civil society organizations with the capacity coordination, for and delivery monitoring, planning, and strengthened. reviewed s lt esu R

F P C Capacity of farmers and the farming communities to sustainably manage and utilize natural natural sustainably manage and utilize to utput 3:2 Capacity of farmers and the farming communities utput 2.2: utput 3:1 coordination, for as civil society sectors organization as well utput 4:1 Capacity of public and private O change strengthened. with effects cope of climate to resources Outcome 2: Improved and diversified food production and distribution system (Cont.) food production and distribution system and diversified 2: Improved Outcome O for increased disaster, wars and natural by civil including those affected Capacity of farming communities, & fishery) livestock in a sustainable manner and sustainable production and productivity (crops, Management Resources Partners in natural of Relevant Capacity 3: Improved Outcome O sustainably manage and utilize sector to civil society and private and capacitiesPartnership of government, strengthened resources natural delivery and monitoring planning, sectorscoordination, for and civil Society of the public and private organizations human and Institutional Capacities 4: Increased Outcome O strengthened planning and delivery monitoring,

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CPF 4: x nne utput 1.2: utput 2.2: utput 3:2: utput 1.1: utput 2.1: utput 3.1: utput 4:1: O development participate in policy to review, processors and traders, & associations), (cooperatives farmer organizations Capacity of farming communities, enhanced and implementation O and sustainable production and productivity for increased disaster, wars and natural by civil including those affected Capacity of farming communities, & fishery) in a sustainable manner livestock enhanced (crops, O - change strength with effects cope of climate to resources natural sustainably manage and utilize capacity to of farmers and the farming communities ened Outcome 1: Functional sector and sub-sector 1: Functional Outcome and advocacy policies, O dis - prioritize, and harmonize, policy identify develop gaps, monitor, review, authorities and institutions to and local government Capacity of national security food strengthened and income employment, production, processes, increase that plans and strategies policies, and implement seminate food production and distribution system and diversified 2: Improved Outcome O fishery), livestock, support delivery institutions to Capacity of national productionsustainably strengthened and productivity and enhance (crops, Management Resources natural 3: Improved Outcome O strengthened resources natural sustainably manage and utilize sector to civil society and private and capacitiesPartnership of government, delivery and monitoring planning, sectorscoordination, for and civil Society of the public and private organizations human and Institutional Capacities 4: Increased Outcome O strengthened planning and delivery monitoring, coordination, for as civil society sectors organization as well Capacity of public and private A

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