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Full Report Agricultural Risk Assessment Study Risk Assessment Liberia Study conducted by In collaboration with Agricultural Risk Full Report Assessment Study August 2018 International Fund [email protected] Contacts for Agricultural Development (IFAD) www.p4arm.org PARM Secretariat Via Paolo di Dono 44 - 00142 Rome (Italy) @parminfo Platform for Agricultural Risk Management Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Tools Assessment Liberia Agricultural Risk Assessment Study Full Report August 2018 Study conducted by In collaboration with 4 Liberia | Agricultural Risk Assessment Study | Full Report | August 2018 Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Foreword The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM), a G7-G20 initiative hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is a multi-donor partnership co-financed by the European Commission (EC), Agence française de Développement (AfD), Italian Government and IFAD, to support Governments and stakehold- ers on Agricultural Risk Management (ARM). The Platform works in strategic partnership with NEPAD / CAADP in African countries to mainstream agricultural risk management into the national agricultural policy and investment plans (www.p4arm.org). Current work supports ARM assessment and policy process in Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Zambia and Uganda. This Risk Assessment Study is part of the ARM process in Liberia. The report was conducted by the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM) a joint Research Centre of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). The Government of Liberia and, in particular, the Ministry of Agriculture, has largely contributed to this report with inputs and suggestions. PARM thanks the engagement of the Ministry of Agriculture of Liberia, for mobilizing rel- evant stakeholders during the Risk Assessment Workshop held in Monrovia in June 2017 in order to provide their inputs to the report through their expertise and active participation. Cover photo: ©IFAD/Susan Beccio Liberia | Agricultural Risk Assessment Study | Full Report | August 2018 5 Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Contents Acknowledgment ..................................................................................................................................................................................................9 List of acronyms ...................................................................................................................................................................................................10 List of figures and tables ..................................................................................................................................................................................15 Executive summary .............................................................................................................................................................................................17 Part one: Country profile 1. Country context ...........................................................................................................................................................................22 1.1. The national profile - general information on Liberia ...............................................................................................................22 1.2. The importance of agriculture in the Liberian economy ....................................................................................................... 23 1.3. Climate and meteorology ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.4. Farming systems ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.5. Land use .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 1.5.1. Acreage distribution ................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 1.5.2. Forest ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 1.5.3. Land tenure system ..................................................................................................................................................................................27 1.5.4. Soil and water resources .......................................................................................................................................................................27 1.6. Structure of agricultural sector ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 1.7. Commodities .................................................................................................................................................................................................30 1.7.1. Cash crops .....................................................................................................................................................................................................30 1.7.2. Food crops ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 1.7.3. Livestock ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 1.7.4. Fisheries ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 1.7.5. Forest .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 1.8. Infrastructures and logistics ................................................................................................................................................................. 36 1.9. Plant, animal and human health ..........................................................................................................................................................37 1.9.1. Plant health ....................................................................................................................................................................................................37 1.9.2. Animal health ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 1.9.3. Human health ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 1.9.4. Food Security and Food Safety ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 6 Liberia | Agricultural Risk Assessment Study | Full Report | August 2018 Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods 2. Identification of agricultural risk – country risk profile ............................................... 42 2.1. Agricultural risks ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 2.1.1. Weather risks ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 2.1.2. Climate change .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 2.1.3. Food security (nutrition and vulnerability) .................................................................................................................................. 45 2.1.4. Biological and environmental risks ..................................................................................................................................................50 2.1.5. Inputs risks ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 2.1.6. Marketing logistic and infrastructure risks...................................................................................................................................
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