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FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO LIBERIA - 22 December 2000

Year of publication 2000

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Special Reports and Alerts

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Liberia from 24 November to 11 December 2000, to estimate food production levels for 2000 and to assess the overall food supply and demand situation for 2001. The FAO/WFP team was assisted by a senior official from the Liberian Ministry of Agriculture, while the country offices of FAO and WFP provided logistical support. In Monrovia, the Mission held discussions with officials of the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry , Health and Planning, as well as with UN agencies, major donors and major NGOs. Relevant reports and data were collected, the results of recent food security assessment surveys carried out by NGOs being particularly useful. There is no current data available from the Government on agricultural production or population. Over a period of two weeks, the Mission travelled to nine of the country's 13 counties, with Lofa being excluded for security reasons, while Grand Gedeh, Maryland and Grand Kru could not be visited due to impassable roads and time constraints. The Mission interviewed farmers and other key informants in all the areas visited, accompanied by local officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and representatives of NGOs and staff of bilateral projects in those areas.

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