<span id="page28R_mcid2" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has received financing from the World </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Bank for the implementation of the Rural Economic Transformation Project (RETRAP). The RETRAP </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">seeks</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">to</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">increase</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">income</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">of</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">rural</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">poor</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">households</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">through</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">sustainable</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">agricultural</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">livelihood </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">enhancements and improved rural access and agricultural marketing infrastructure services. As its focus, </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the project will support the</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rice, Palm, Cassava,</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rubber, Poultry &amp; Pig husbandry</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Vegetable’s</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">value </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">chain. The project will be implemented in</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">all the</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">15 counties</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">of Liberia</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">over a period of</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">8 years</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">five years. </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">The project is expected to reach</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">approximately</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">90,000</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">60,000 beneficiaries of which at least 50</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">percent </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">are women.</span></span>