Liberia Livelihood Zones

The Livelihood Zone Map for Liberia is the result of secondary data review and key informant workshops in October 2010. A livelihood zone is an area within which people share broadly the same pattern of livelihood, including options for obtaining food and income and market opportunities. A livelihood zoning is essential for the following reasons:

• It provides geographic orientation of livelihood systems to inform food security analysis and assistance targeting
• It provides the basis for identifying geographically relevant food security monitoring indicators
• It provides a sampling frame for future on-the-ground assessments

Livelihood patterns clearly vary from one geographic area to another, which is why the preparation of a Livelihood Zone Map is a logical first step for livelihoods-based analysis.The following nine (9) livelihood zones are established for Liberia:

• LR01 - North-East Rice Intercropped with Cowpeas, Groundnuts, and Palm OIl
• LR02 - North and Central Rice with Cassava and Market Gardening
• LR03 - South-East Rice with Cassava
• LR04 - Coastal Plain Cassava with Rice and River Fishing
• LR05 - Coastal Fishing and Cassava
• LR06 - Rice Intercropped and Forest Hunting
• LR07 - Plantain Cash Crop with Food Crops
• LR08 - Rubber and Charcoal with Food Crops
• LR09 - Monrovia Peri-Urban: Petty Tade, Market Gardening, & Casual Employment