OIL PALM

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The project would help expand and diversify the country's export base, provide employment, increase the income levels of rural families, and strengthen the institutional capability of the country for the development of the oil palm sub-sector. The project would include: establishing and operating a 5,000 ha nucleus estate, providing extension services and credit facilities to develop 2,500 ha of smallholder farms, training DOPC staff and smallholders, constructing an oil mill, establishing a fruit collection system, constructing roads, constructing and installing storage and port facilities, and providing technical assistance and consultant services. The project faces no unusual risks, but the success of the institution building program under the project would depend on the ability of the government and DOPC to recruit, train and retain competent Liberians.