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Global Cocoa Initiative
The United States Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the World Cocoa Foundation, is pleased to announce The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program (Borlaug Fellowship Program) Global Cocoa Initiative for Liberia. More information:

Determinants of Farmgate Cocoa Prices in Post-Conflict Liberia
AAEA 2008 Poster Presentation

Tree Crops to Ensure Income Generation and Sustainable LIvelihoods in Liberia: Unlocking the potential of the cocoa sub-sector
R5. Market and Information Systems Report

2006/07 Liberia Smallholder Baseline Survey Instrument

2006/07 Liberian Smallholder Baseline Survey Database

Cocoa Marketing in Liberia
Guest Blog Entry by Michael Wilcox on Encouraging Sustainable, Responsible Cocoa Growing.

Intensified Cocoa for Sustainable Development in Liberia
The cocoa industry in Liberia has potential for generating employment and equitable income growth for smallholders, if current institutional weaknesses are addressed. This Policy Brief examines the need for support by both the public and private sectors in building viable Liberian institutions for:

  • Competitive and efficient cocoa marketing with attention to proper fermentation, drying and storage of cocoa;
  • The selection, production and distribution of improved planting material;
  • Producer training;
  • Agricultural input marketing; and
  • Rural finance.

Dr. Jim Gockowski, Dr. Michael Wilcox and Mr. MacArthur PayBayee

Intensified Cocoa for Sustainable Development in Liberia
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Reforming Cocoa and Coffee Marketing in Liberia
The purpose of this policy brief is to examine the current status of the Liberian cocoa and coffee sectors, delineate the outcomes and challenges faced by the producers/buyers when marketing their product and propose policy options for the Government of Liberia to consider.
Dr. Michael Wilcox, Dr. Jim Gockowski and Mr. MacArthur PayBayee

Reforming Cocoa and Coffee Marketing in Liberia
PowerPoint 

Outcomes from the Liberian Cocoa Sector Roundtable
The Liberian Government is interested in discussions with all stakeholders to facilitate a functional institutional framework poised to enhance food security, in addition to adding value to important tree crops for farmers - without deleterious market effects. This report serves as a starting point for the cocoa sector and the methodology is readily transferable to other crops. The main focus of this endeavor was to perform a macro-level sector analysis for cocoa.
Dr. Michael Wilcox and Mr. MacArthur PayBayee

Cocoa Marketing Efficiency in West Africa
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