Increasing income and employment opportunities in agro-industry value chains - Markets and Value Chains in Agriculture Liberia Ökade inkomst- och sysselsättningsmöjligheter inom agroindustrins värdekedjor Det övergripande målet är att stödja utvecklingen av inkluderande och hållbara marknadssystem i utvalda värdekedjor som effektivt kopplar småskaliga jordbrukare och jordbruksbaserade mikro-, små och medelstora företag (MSME) till inhemska, regionala och /eller globala marknader genom klustersamarbete och i syfte att främja lokal förädling. Programmet från denna förstudie förväntas bidra till Liberias ekonomiska diversifiering, gröna tillväxt, samt fattigdomsbekämpning genom att generera ökade inkomster och anständig sysselsättning (Decent Work), särskilt för kvinnor och unga. The overall objective is to facilitate the development of inclusive and sustainable market systems in selected value chains, which effectively link smallholder farmers and agriculture-based Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to domestic, regional and /or global markets through clustering and with the aim to foster local value addition. The programme emanating from this PA is expected to contribute to Liberia’s economic diversification, green growth as well as poverty alleviation by generating income and decent employment, in particular for women and youth. The project constitutes the PA phase of a new programme planned by the Embassy of Sweden in the context of its cooperation with Liberia. The overall objective is to facilitate the development of inclusive and sustainable market systems in selected value chains, which effectively link smallholder farmers and agriculture-based Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to domestic, regional and /or global markets through clustering and with the aim to foster local value addition. The envisaged full programme emanating from this inception is expected to contribute to Liberias economic diversification, green growth as well as poverty alleviation by generating income and decent employment, in particular for women and youth.