Editing Liberia (section)

==== Agriculture ====
{{Excerpt|Agriculture in Liberia}}Sustenance farming is popular in many areas of Liberia. Communities primarily grow upland rice, cassava, and vegetables, though cane sugar distillation and coal mining provide job opportunity diversification.<ref name=":6" />

Traditional farming systems, such as intercropping and agroforestry, could encourage biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These farming practices are largely used by local or native Liberian farmers. Use of other culturally significant crops such as rice or bitterball have been shown to increase nitrogen fixation in soil, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These changes have been shown to increase the resilience of food production and alleviate reduction in access to wild foods associated with the loss of forests. However, continued acquisition of land by palm oil and rubber plantations reduces household access to land, food, and water.<ref name=":7" />

Palm oil production is also a large part of Liberian agriculture and is largely controlled by the Malaysian palm oil company, Sime Darby. In 2009, Liberia granted one of its largest concessions to Sime Darby, despite local and international concern over the environmental impacts this could cause. Liberia, which has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the world, was promised employment of roughly 30,000 by Sime Darby for palm oil production. Palm oil production is expected to increase as global demand for palm oil for food and biofuel increases. Rubber production in Liberia is mostly done through plantations and industrial agriculture. These industries can cause deforestation and have been shown to decrease the amount of land owned by locals according to a study done by the Cornell Land Project. They can also decrease local incomes by taking away the ability of locals to hunt for and trade bushmeat or grow crops to sell.<ref name=":6" />