Improved Market Systems and Livelihood for Smallholder Farmers and fisherfolks in Liberia

About this project

More than half of Liberia’s population has found income generation difficult and continues to live below the poverty line. With little or no skills to find employment, gender inequalities, many rural and urban dwellers are resulting in farming for a living. However, their efforts hardly yield the kind of results they wish due to setbacks relating to poor market systems, heavy workload, poor seeds, and the use of poor farming practices, flooding, and the lack of other forms of support. The major constraints facing poor small-holder farmers in these communities include: • Access to Markets: Poor market systems that limit access to quality inputs, bulk selling, value addition and fair prices for especially smallholder farmers. Lack of preservation and storage, lack of use of processing technology, a seasonal surplus of supplies in the local markets e.g. fruits leading to losses and low prices at times of plenty. • Lack of assets/low return on assets. • Lack of access to credit. • Backyard gardening: Presence of pests and diseases, poor drainage and irrigation systems, inadequate knowledge and equipment/technology, including limited land space for farming and climate change effects makes backyard gardening ineffective and unproductive. The main focus of the project will be on linking farmer groups to Processing Facilities, input providers, wholesalers, and traders in order to boost productivity, value addition and increase household income. The Cooperative will also be encourage…

Published by

CAFOD · International NGO

Countries

Liberia

Sectors

Food crop productionAgricultural services

Focus

Environment · Main focus

Funded by

Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)

Implemented by

Caritas & Development Office Monrovia

Published by CAFOD to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: GB-CHC-285776-LIB132.

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