Strengthening agricultural resilience through transformational livelihood adaptation in Liberia (SARTLA)

About this project

Liberia’s smallholder fishers and farmers are experiencing increasing climate change related risks to their livelihoods. Flooding of agricultural land after heavy rainfall events, especially in combination with high average temperatures and the occurrence of extreme heat spells are a direct cause of post-harvest losses and the occurrences of crop pests and diseases. Marine heatwaves, and coastal storm surges lead to a deterioration of fish stock, coastal erosion and coastal flooding. These hazards are projected to increase in frequency, intensity and duration. The capacity of smallholder farmers and fishermen and micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSME’s) in agriculture and fishery to absorb or overcome climate related damages, or to reduce climate related risks is low. Land, forest and coastal degradation, inadequate extension services, limited infrastructure and insufficient financial incentives and mechanisms have namely already held back smallholder agriculture and fishery sectors in terms of production, value chain development and sustaining livelihoods and food security. Alternative livelihood options in sustainable ecotourism for example are still underexplored. The project’s objective is ‘building climate resilience in natural-resource dependent rural communities of Liberia through systems-based, transformational adaptation in the agricultural, fisheries and ecotourism sectors.’ It will increase smallholder adaptive capacity by restoring natural resources, st…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 13Climate Action

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Liberia

Sectors

Agricultural developmentAgricultural inputsFood crop productionAgricultural alternative developmentForestry policy and administrative management

Funded by

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Global Environment Fund Truste

Implemented by

LBR-Env. Protection Agency

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01004354.

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