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Smallholder Oil palm Project Support (SHOPS) II

The SHOPS II activity will link economic incentives to environmentally sustainable practices, sound natural resource management and the protection of biodiversity in integrated agricultural landscapes through technical assistance to smallholder farmers and support to oil palm sector policy development at the national level. Funds will scale up training and field demonstrations on best natural resource management practices, expand production and distribution of improved high-quality hybrid seeds, and support the manufacture of oil palm processing equipment. Additional processing activities such as filtering, packaging and branding crude palm oil and downstream products such as palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake will improve their competitiveness in regional and international markets.

Improve the capacity of businesses, including the self-employed poor; micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs); and high growth potential entrepreneurs, to start or grow and integrate into domestic and international markets through increases in productivity and improvements in corporate governance and the development and application of modern technology and marketing practices. Enhance the capacity of businesses and business associations in terms of their corporate governance capabilities and their application of best practices and technologies to achieve increased production and marketing of products and services. It includes adoption of efficient production processes, improved labor productivity, environmentally-sound management of natural resources and the development of accounting and management systems that can help the company and industry group implement business, labor, product and process standards that enhance business competitiveness. Business capacity development programs may include activities that help men- and women-owned firms and associations respond to these international markets and create regional alliances. Create and sustain career-enhancing education and training programs that are responsive to the current and future labor needs of local, regional, and international employers, both formal and nonformal, including through financial sustainability. Generally, these programs certify competence of male and female learners in accordance with industry standards and provide labor market and social support services. In contexts where the private sector is weak, technical/vocational training may be oriented towards self-employment.

Project ID

US-GOV-1-LR-AID-669-LA-15-00002

Activity status

3 - Completion

Aid type

C01 - Project-type interventions

% to Liberia

100.00

Organisations

Accountable

U.S. Agency for International Development

Extending

U.S. Agency for International Development

Funding

U.S. Agency for International Development

Implementing

Agriculture Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance

CRS code	%
Business support services and institutions (25010)	93.65
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development (32130)	6.35