Japanese Food Assistance Program (JFAP)

COUNTRY/REC Liberia

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2017 - December 2017

PROJECT SITE Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Margibi, Montserrado, Nimba, River Cess

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 WFP
2 WFP
3 GoJ 6,300,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 6,300,000.00 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 6,300,000.00 - 0

Project Objectives

To improve food security through food assistance

Project Outputs

Rehabilitation of feeder bridges and roads

Construction of simple irrigation

Capacity development of smallholder farmers on rice cultivation

Construction of seed nurseries

Project activities

Capacity building

Land development

Water management

Feeder roads

Rice cultivation techniques

Seed multiplication

Food for Asset Creation

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools