Comprehensive Assessment of the Agriculture Sector in Liberia : Volume 4, Crosscutting Issues
No hay miniatura disponible
Fecha
Título de la revista
ISSN de la revista
Título del volumen
Editor
Resumen
Descripción
The overall objective of the
Comprehensive Assessment of the Agricultural Sector (CAAS)
is to provide an evidence base to enable appropriate
strategic policy responses by the Government of Liberia
(GoL) and its development partners in order to maximize the
contribution of the agriculture sector to the
Government's overarching policy objectives. Given the
strong relationship between growth in agricultural
productivity and poverty reduction, future efforts in
Liberia need to focus on productivity enhancing measures
with a pro-poor focus that increase incomes. Growth based on
extensification using traditional technologies is generally
not profitable and has damaging implications for the
environment. Given the low level of assets possessed by most
Liberians, future efforts need to address the question of
access to assets (i.e. land, knowledge and inputs) in
addition to providing opportunities and an enabling
environment. Liberia needs to make concerted efforts to
preserve and consolidate its emerging stability by focusing
on interventions to ensure food security and poverty
alleviation at the community and household levels. Improving
access to food and generating sustainable, remunerative
activities and employment are crucial to this process. This
report is designed to assist in indicating and specifying
the potential role of specified agricultural commodity value
chains in achieving the priority objectives of the
government by focusing on small holders, traditional
farming, and food security and forms an input for the
preparation of a strategic orientation framework to achieve
sustainable food security, nutrition and agricultural
development. This report reviews gender issues in
Liberia's agriculture and rural sector with a special
focus on rural women and how to improve their participation
and contribution to rural development. The report reviews
women's roles in agriculture and the rural economy;
their access to key inputs and services which are essential
to carry out their socio-economic role in rural areas; as
well as gender-related social trends and problems that may
have an impact on productivity and poverty reduction in
rural areas. The assessment also reviews the institutional
and policy framework for agriculture and rural development
and identifies opportunities to improve the rural
sector's capacity to address gender issues and support
female farmers and rural entrepreneurs. The findings and
recommendations will inform the reform of the sector,
currently underway, and thereby support the GoL poverty
reduction effort and the implementation of the Interim
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (IPRSP).
Palabras clave
ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ADULT LITERACY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL LABOUR, AGRICULTURAL POPULATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION, ALCOHOLISM, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC NEEDS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASH CROP, CHILD MORTALITY, COMBAT POVERTY, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMUNAL LAND, COMMUNITY LIFE, CONFLICT, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP YIELDS, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DRINKING WATER, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, EMPOWERING WOMEN, ENHANCING WOMEN, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUAL RIGHTS, EX-COMBATANTS, FAMILY WELFARE, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARM INCOME, FARM INCOMES, FARM SECTOR, FARM WORK, FARMER PARTICIPATION, FEMALE FARMERS, FEMALE PARTICIPATION, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CROP, FOOD CROP PRODUCERS, FOOD CROP PRODUCTION, FOOD CROPS, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PROCESSING, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER AWARENESS, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER GAPS, GENDER GAPS IN LITERACY, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER NORMS, GENDER ROLES, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTHY LIFE, HIV, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HUMAN CAPACITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUSBANDS, ILLITERACY, ILLITERATE POPULATION, ILLNESS, INCOME, INCOME GROWTH, INFORMATION SERVICES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INHERITANCE, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, INTEGRATION OF WOMEN, JOB CREATION, LABOUR FORCE, LACK OF CREDIT, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND REFORM, LAND TENURE, LAND TITLES, LEVEL OF POVERTY, LIFE SKILLS, LIVE BIRTHS, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MALNUTRITION, MARRIED WOMEN, MEAT, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MODERNIZATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL SECURITY, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, NUMBER OF ILLITERATE WOMEN, NUMBER OF WOMEN, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, OWNERSHIP OF LAND, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION, PEACE, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POOR, POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRODUCTION OF CASH CROPS, PROGRESS, PUBLIC LIFE, PUBLIC POLICY, PURCHASING POWER, QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RAPE, RECREATION, REFUGEES, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, REMITTANCES, RESOURCE USE, ROLE MODELS, RULE OF LAW, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL BUSINESS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL EMPLOYMENT, RURAL ENTREPRENEURS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL ISSUES, RURAL LIFE, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RURAL MEN, RURAL POLICIES, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL PUBLIC, RURAL SECTOR, RURAL WOMEN, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFETY NETS, SAVINGS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL, SECURITY SITUATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEX, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SKILLED LABOUR, SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE, SMALLHOLDER SECTOR, SMALLHOLDERS, SOCIAL BARRIERS, SOCIAL CUSTOMS, SOCIAL FACTORS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, SOCIAL WELFARE, STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN, STRATEGY FOR WOMEN, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSU, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL CAPACITY, TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNIONS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAR, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE