1. VEGETABLES GOATSRICE CASSAVA- - -
9 OF 10 FARMERS LACK
ACCESSTO AGRO INPUTS
FOOD & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - FED

2. VEGETABLE VALUE CHAIN
GOALS ACTIONS
INCREASE
PRODUCTION
& PROFITABILITY
Provide seeds, fertilizer, agro-chemicals, drip irrigation kits,
tools and water pumps to farmers to increase production.
Support protected cultivation on 20 sites to improve
rainy season production. Promote cold storage in strategic
collection and market locations to preserve produce quality
and reduce losses.
STIMULATE
ENTERPRISE &
INVESTMENT
Subsidize the cost of agro inputs from local suppliers
through voucher program to create demand and link rural
famers with agro-dealer distribution channels.Assist farmers
with financing through banks, partners andVSLA schemes.
Train traders in record keeping and organize forums for
farmers and traders to negotiate contracts. Support the
construction of collection point platforms to institutionalize
buyer-farmer links and facilitate outgrower scheme.
WORKFORCE
& HUMAN
CAPACITY
Create demo sites at community colleges for student
training in nursery, irrigation and field management.
Introduce new crops and processing methods.Train
farmers in seed extraction and multiplication.
GRAND
BASSA
MARGIBA
NIMBA
WHERE ARE WE? PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS
1,600+ FARMERS INCREASED
CROPYIELDS BY 14% IN 2013.
FACILITATED 120+ LOANS
WORTH OVER $20,000 USD.
2014 TARGETS
360 FARMERS SUPPLYING
HIGHVALUEVEGETABLESYEAR
ROUND.
ASSIST MARKETTRADERS WITH
FARMER CONTRACTS.
MONTSERRADO
ATLANTIC
OCEAN

3. VEGETABLES GOATSRICE CASSAVA- - -
65% OF RICE IN
LIBERIA IS IMPORTED
FOOD & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - FED

4. RICE VALUE CHAIN
GOALS ACTIONS
INCREASE
PRODUCTION
& PROFITABILITY
Target rice farmers with practical farming techniques like
integrated soil fertility management, fertilizer use,
mechanization, intercropping, harvest and storage and the
use of improved seed to increase rice yields.Assist farmers
to rehabilitate higher yielding lowland fields to move from
subsistence farmer to sustainable food grower.
STIMULATE
ENTERPRISE &
INVESTMENT
Build commercially-managed Rice Business Hubs in high
density rice production areas, equipped with drying,
threshing and milling equipment, storage space and a
retail store to market agro inputs and milled rice. Expand
the capacity of industrial rice processor, such as Fabrar to
procure, mill, store and sell milled rice.
WORKFORCE
& HUMAN
CAPACITY
Provide farmers with critical skills training in business,
record keeping, marketing and credit management. Small
savings and loan groups promote numeracy while giving
farmers small amounts of financing to invest in their farms..
Establish demo sites at four community colleges.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS
RICEYIELDS INCREASED FROM
1.2 MTTO 3 MT.
7,800+ FARMERS USING
IMPROVED RICETECHNOLOGY.
2,300 HA CULTIVATED.
2014 TARGETS
19,000 RICE FARMERS HAVE
ACCESSTO GOOD SEEDS.
900+ NEW HECTARES OF
LOWLAND RICE FIELDS.
10,000 FARMERS WITH ACCESS
TO RICE BUSINESS HUBS.
GRAND
BASSA
BONG
LOFA
NIMBA
WHERE ARE WE?
ATLANTIC
OCEAN

5. VEGETABLES GOATSRICE CASSAVA- - -
50% OF GOATS BORN IN
LIBERIA DIE IN 6 MONTHS
FOOD & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - FED

6. GOALS ACTIONS
INCREASE
PRODUCTION
& PROFITABILITY
Target goat farming groups to adopt improved goat
husbandry such as use of goat shelters, routine herd health
practices, maternal and newborn kid care, breeding
management and records, and feeding strategies.Assist
with rebuilding the livestock quarantine facility and
establish a nucleus breeding herd at CARI.
STIMULATE
ENTERPRISE &
INVESTMENT
Link community animal health workers to agro-
pharmacists through voucher program to
provide goat health supplies. Partner with MoA to validate
the National Livestock Policy Guidelines. Improve links
between goat farmers and buyers
WORKFORCE
& HUMAN
CAPACITY
Train community animal health workers in livestock
disease diagnosis and treatment in rural communities.
Support livestock husbandry demo sites at the community
colleges for practical course work.
GOAT VALUE CHAIN
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS
REDUCED KID MORTALITY
FROM ESTIMATED 46%TO 22%
TRAINED 1,000+ FARMERS IN
IMPROVED GOAT HUSBANDRY.
VACCINATED 100,000+ SHEEP &
GOATS AGAINST PPR.
ESTABLISHED QUARANTINE
FACILITY AT CARI.
2014 TARGETS
5,000 GOAT FARMERS.
200+TRAINED COMMUNITY
ANIMAL HEALTH WORKERS.
CREATE NUCLEUS BREEDING
HERD AT CARI.
GRAND
BASSA
BONG
LOFA
NIMBA
WHERE ARE WE?
ATLANTIC
OCEAN

7. VEGETABLES GOATSRICE CASSAVA- - -
LIBERIA’S CASSAVAYIELDS
HALF THE WORLD AVERAGE
FOOD & ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - FED

8. CASSAVA VALUE CHAIN
GOALS ACTIONS
INCREASE
PRODUCTION
& PROFITABILITY
Target clusters of cassava growers and use local work
groups, or kuus, to demonstrate improved cultivation
practices and soil fertility management. Provide improved
planting materials for multiplication and dispersal to
farmers to increase yields. Support the importation,
multiplication and promotion of 11 disease resistant cassava
varieties in partnership with CARI.
STIMULATE
ENTERPRISE &
INVESTMENT
Establish commercial nurseries to give farmers access
to better yielding cassava cuttings. Establish and support
cassava processing centers strategically located in
production clusters to improve their profitability.
WORKFORCE
& HUMAN
CAPACITY
Give priority to cluster communities where women are
engaged in traditional cassava processing through
mentoring on processing and business.Tap into youth
organizations as extension aides to establish school gardens
for youth and women going back to finish grade school.
Establish cassava demo sites at the community colleges.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS
580 FARMERS INCREASED
YIELDS FROM 5 MT/HATO 22 MT/HA.
2014 TARGETS
12,000 CASSAVA FARMERS USING
IMPROVED METHODS ON 2,000 HA.
11 NEW DISEASE RESISTANT
VARIETIES.
17 SME CASSAVA PROCESSORS
OPERATING PROFITABLY.
ESTABLISH 40 COMMERCIAL
CASSAVA NURSERIES
GRAND
BASSA
BONG
LOFA
NIMBA
WHERE ARE WE?
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
MONTSERRADO