Project Profile
Liberia
Smallholder Oil Palm Support (SHOPS) II
Smallholder Oil Palm Support (SHOPS) II in Liberia is three-year, $4.2
million project funded by USAID that builds on to the success of its
predecessor SHOPS. ACDI/VOCA and partner Winrock International
implement the project to strengthen the palm oil value chain and drive
rural economic growth in six counties of Liberia.
Improved Palm Oil Value Chain to Benefit
Smallholder Farmers
The SHOPS II project has the following objectives:
SHOPS II builds off the successes of SHOPS I
and will focus on increasing productivity along
the entire value chain of Liberia’s smallholder
palm oil industry. This strengthened market
system will contribute to agriculture growth, a
reduction in rural poverty, and a reduction in
deforestation resulting from smallholder oil palm
expansion.
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Increase smallholder oil palm sector productivity and profitability
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Improve smallholder oil palm sector marketing and trade capacity
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Improve smallholder oil palm sector business enabling environment and support
functions
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Improve integration of best practices in natural resources management, environmental
responsibility, and biodiversity conservation
in the smallholder oil palm sector
SHOPS II will continue to work in the SHOPS I
intervention areas of Bong, Nimba, Lofa, and
Grand Bassa counties and will expand into
Margribi and rural Montserrado counties, where
over 4,000 smallholder households are active
in the oil palm sector. Winrock International will
provide technical assistance regarding agricultural production, processing, and marketing.
The SHOPS II approach will lead to the distribution of goods and services by program
partners well beyond the intended target area
into additional counties of Liberia as well as the
neighboring countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea,
and Cote d’Ivoire.
For more information, visit acdivoca.org.
Updated: 4/15