Agricultural policy and performance in Liberia (1920-1990) : implications for policy in post-civil war Liberia
Pereira Lunghu, J.M.
Africa Development 23(1): 127-142
1998
Document Number: 356579
The paper presents a profile of agricultural policy in Liberia over the period 1920-90. The discussion covers: (1) early attempts to diversify the economy through plantation agriculture (1920-64); (2) early policy tradeoff: the opportunity cost of plantation agriculture; (3) attempts to reverse the decline in food production: 'Operation Production' and the 1962-70 Plan; (4) new attempts to diversify the economy through agriculture (1974-80); (5) large scale rice farming in 1972; (6) agricultural pricing policy in the 1970s; (7) the state of the Integrated Agricultural Development Project in the mid 1980s and beyond; (8) the effect of Liberia's civil war on policy since 1989; and (9) implications for policy in the post-civil war period.