FAO in Liberia

Project list

 

 

Country Projects

TCPF: Strengthening the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems in Liberia

TCPF: Strengthening the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems in Liberia

Duration: 2023-2024  

Budget: USD 97,000

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)

Objectives: To support inclusive processes which help foster shared understandings on the type of investments needed and their desired impacts, and to define joint objectives among government, civil society and the private sector on how to promote and facilitate such investments.

TCPF: Support for the preparation of the GEF Project Identification Form (PIF)

TCPF: Support for the preparation of the GEF Project Identification Form (PIF)

Duration: 2023-2024  

Budget: USD 20,000

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)

Objectives: To facilitate the formulation of a GEF Project Identification Form (PIF) to be submitted, through the GEF Technical Officer (GTO) in the OCB-GEF Coordination Unit, to the Secretariat for the GEF Councils approval.

TCPF: Assessment of the sea cucumber fisheries along the coast in Liberia

TCPF: Assessment of the sea cucumber fisheries along the coast in Liberia

Duration: 2021-2023 (Closed)

Budget: USD 91,000

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)

To develop a preliminary understanding of sea cucumber fisheries activity in the country (fishers, stocks, market, livelihoods); To support NaFAA on the development of a Sea Cucumber Fisheries Management Framework for the fishery, potentially including a Sea Cucumber Fisheries Management Plan and an Implementation Project proposal document.

TCP: Strengthening soil analysis and information systems to enhance sustainable soil management and support evidence based decision making in Liberia

TCP: Strengthening soil analysis and information systems to enhance sustainable soil management and support evidence based decision making in Liberia

Duration: 2021-2023  

Budget: USD 440,000

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)

Objectives: To improve Liberian capacities in soil analysis and soil data management for evidence based decision making

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TCP: Enhancing the national abattoir system and strengthening the productive capacity of rural smallholder producers

TCP: Enhancing the national abattoir system and strengthening the productive capacity of rural smallholder producers

Duration: 2021-2023  

Budget: USD 335,000

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)

Objectives: 1. Provide technical support to the Ministry of Agriculture and actors to strengthen the national abattoir system; and, 2. Enhancement of sustainable production, value addition and marketing capacities for smallholder vegetable and poultry producers

Smallholder Agriculture Development for Food and Nutrition Security

Smallholder Agriculture Development for Food and Nutrition Security

Duration: 2022-2025  

Budget: USD 447,587

Resource Partner: Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)

Objectives: Full length season training of (10) Farmer Field School (FFS) master trainers and coordination support for implementation of Farmer Field Schools.

Strengthening Capacities in the Fisheries and Rice Cultivation Sectors for Food Security and Nutrition Improvement

Strengthening Capacities in the Fisheries and Rice Cultivation Sectors for Food Security and Nutrition Improvement

Duration: 2021-2024  

Budget: USD 3,564,000

Resource Partner: Japan

Objectives: 1: To strengthen the small-scale fisheries sector through the creation of employment, the diversification of income and the improvement of methods and safety of fisher folks, capacity of fishmongers and curtailing of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. 2: To promote an inimitable method of integrating rice and fish farming using climate-smart agricultural practices.

Linking Extension and Research to Farmers for Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition

Linking Extension and Research to Farmers for Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition

Duration: 2019-2023  

Budget: USD 2,187,000

Resource Partner: European Union (EU)

To strengthen and enhance research and extension services for increased income and agricultural productivity.

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Promoting increased resilience and sustainable income generation, food security and nutrition

Promoting increased resilience and sustainable income generation, food security and nutrition

Duration: 2019-2023  

Budget: USD 2,500,000

Resource Partner: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Objectives: To enhance food security and nutrition for rural women and increase their resilience.

Community-Based Forestry and Protected Area Management (CBFM): Boosting Biodiversity Conservation and Improving Livelihoods of Forest-Fringe/Forest-Dependent Communities and Groups in Liberia

Community-Based Forestry and Protected Area Management (CBFM): Boosting Biodiversity Conservation and Improving Livelihoods of Forest-Fringe/Forest-Dependent Communities and Groups in Liberia

Duration: 2022-2026  

Budget: USD 3,928,301$

Resource Partner: Sweden

Objectives: To strengthen management of community forests and protected areas in Liberia through improved governance of community forest management bodies, capacity building of forest regulatory institutions, empowerment of national CSOs/NGOs and Forest and Farm Producer Organizations , integrated natural resources management and the promotion of sustainable livelihood incentives for forest fringe communities.

 

 

Building Resilience of Youth, Women, and Vulnerable Groups through Social Protection Floor in Liberia

Building Resilience of Youth, Women, and Vulnerable Groups through Social Protection Floor in Liberia

Duration: 2022-2025  

Budget: USD 400,000

Resource Partner: United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS)

Objectives: To enhancing the human security of the most vulnerable Liberian populations particularly youths, women and persons living with disabilities in the north-central region through adapting the value-added approach of human security concept.

Delivering Peace Dividends in Liberia: Consolidating National, Regional and Local Reconciliation and Social Cohesion Opportunities

Delivering Peace Dividends in Liberia: Consolidating National, Regional and Local Reconciliation and Social Cohesion Opportunities

Duration: 2021-2024  

Budget: USD 586,845

Resource Partner: United Nations Peace-Building Fund

Objectives: To reduce the risk of violent conflict by delivering peace dividends in the most conflict-prone counties in Liberia and linking them to local, regional and national reconciliation processes and frameworks.

Global/International/Regional/Sub-regional Projects (with Project Activities in Liberia)

TCP: Emergency response to outbreak of a Transboundary Noctuid Moth Caterpillar Achaea catocaloides in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

TCP: Emergency response to outbreak of a Transboundary Noctuid Moth Caterpillar Achaea catocaloides in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Duration: 2023-2024

Budget: USD 500,000

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP)

Objectives: To improve food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and reduce environmental pollution through sustainable management and control of Achaea catocaloides in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Global Health Security (GHS) Project – Africa

Global Health Security (GHS) Project – Africa

Duration: 2022-2027

Budget: USD 7,270,000

Resource Partner: United States of America

Objectives: To support African countries to build sustainable animal health and One Health capacities to mitigate risks and threats caused by emerging and re-emerging zoonoses, endemic zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Sustainable Operationalization of One Health in the Africa Region

Sustainable Operationalization of One Health in the Africa Region

Duration: 2019-2023

Budget: USD 4,274,670

Resource Partner: United States of America

Objectives: Support the integration of the One Health approach in medicine, public health, and agriculture to mitigate the burden of emerging infectious zoonotic diseases in the Africa region and contribute to countries? stewardship responsibility in operationalizing One Health.

Strengthening Global Veterinary Epidemiology Capabilities and Rapid Regional Disease Surveillance

Strengthening Global Veterinary Epidemiology Capabilities and Rapid Regional Disease Surveillance

Duration: 2017-2023

Budget: USD 4,304,007

Resource Partner: United States of America

Objectives: 1: To design and implement Training to support Epidemiology Capacities in countries using FETP-V approaches;2: To strengthen the capacity of regional veterinary epidemiology networks of countries to conduct surveillance, conduct risk assessment for animal diseases of regional concern and facilitate access of countries to animal health information and data by enhancing information systems and tools available for enhancing disease reporting at all levels.

Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) Phase II: Climate resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods

Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) Phase II: Climate resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods

Duration: 2020-2023

Budget: USD 1,500,000

Resource Partners: Multi-Partner (FFF)

Objectives: To support Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) including women, youth and Indigenous Peoples by ensuring that they are the primary agents for climate resilient landscapes and improved livelihoods.

Enhancing the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

Enhancing the enabling environment for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

Duration: 2018-2023 (Closed)

Budget: USD 1,845,421

Resource Partner: Germany

Objectives: To make investments in agriculture and food systems responsible, thereby contributing to food security, nutrition and sustainable development.

Global Transformation of Forests for People and Climate: a focus on West Africa

Global Transformation of Forests for People and Climate: a focus on West Africa

Duration: 2019-2024

Budget: USD 8,249,919

Resource Partner: Sweden

Objectives: To strengthen global decision-making on forests and land management, and to strengthen capacity at a sub-regional level through ECOWAS and other sub-regional partners to implement elements of the Convergence Plan.