GARPUE TOWN, April 26 -- A major national FrontPageAfrica/New Narratives survey has found nine in every ten Liberian subsistence farmers want to migrate because climate change is making farming unviable. With as many as 80 percent of Liberians making their living from farming, experts say the findings have major implications for Liberia's food security and exposes vulnerable Liberians to extreme dangers from those seeking to exploit them.

The survey of 300 farmers, half of them women, aged 40 years or under, in five counties - River Cess, Nimba, Bong, Montserrado and Grand Bassa - found most (73 percent) of those who wanted to migrate were seeking better economic opportunities while the rest sought education. Some were planning to migra...