Liberia: 25,000 Smallholder Farmers to Benefit from US$8.84 Million Building Climate Resilience Project

Liberia: 25,000 Smallholder Farmers to Benefit from US$8.84 Million Building Climate Resilience Project


MONROVI  – As part of efforts to enhance the agriculture sector and promote climate change in the country, the government of Liberia has received an adaptation grant of US$8.84 million from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) to finance the Building Climate Resilience Project (BCRP) for 25,000 smallholder farmers in the country.

The project which is a pilot project that seeks to include 10,000 rice producers, 10,000 cocoa producers and 5,000 smallholder farmers from other enterprises of which at least 40 percent will be women and 40 percent young people.

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