Liberia - Special Agro Indusrial Processing Zone Project (SAPZ)

The Project is supporting the development of Liberia Special Agro Industrial Processing Zone located in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County1. In particular, the project will provide the external infrastructure required to prepare and secure the Agri Hub for private sector developer and additional private sector investments in agro industrial factories. The project will provide technical assistance towards the establishment of the Liberia Special Economic Zone Authority and support the development of requisite skills and agricultural value chain capacity to ensure competitiveness, productivity, and inclusivity in Agro Industrial Development. The Government of Liberia (GoL) is focused on developing the Liberia SAPZ to attract private sector investments into agro industrial park to enhance a much-desired agricultural transformation of the country, create jobs, boost exports, and stem rural urban migration trends while reducing the urban and rural poverty gap. The Project Feasibility Studies covering the Agri Hub located in Buchanan, and three Agricultural Transformation Centers located in Bong, Nimba and Cape Mount Counties were carried out as a collaborative effort between the GoL, and the AfDB. The Reports were completed in 2019 and presented to Stakeholders and government in February 2021.