SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa

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List of Figures
Figure 1. Map of Sierra Leone 21
Figure 2. Structure of the population of Sierra Leone in 2008 23
Figure 3. Economic Growth in Sierra Leone (percentage change of GDP) 26
Figure 4. Composition of exports from Sierra Leone in 2005 29
Figure 5. Agricultural Production Index per capita. Sierra Leone 1985 - 2009 31
Figure 6. Production of major annual crops (thousand of metric tons) in Sierra Leone 1980 - 2006 34
Figure 7. Food production Index (1999-2001 = 100) 34
Figure 8. Sierra Leone rice production and requirement in metric tons 35
Figure 9. Sierra Leone export volume of tree crops in metric tons 36
Figure 10. Top imports – Sierra Leone – 2007 37
Figure 11. Top exports – Sierra Leone – 2007 37
Figure 12. Livestock (Ship-equivalent %) in selected countries of Western Africa 39
Figure 13. Agro-Ecological Regions in Sierra Leone (%) 41
Figure 14. Forest area and Agricultural land in percentage of total land 44
Figure 15. Top agricultural goods production – Sierra Leone – 2007 44
Figure 16. The upland-lowland continuum 45
Figure 17. Average consumption of fertilizers (kg per hectare) 60
Figure 18. Number of agricultural workers per tractor in use. Selected countries of Western Africa (2007) 61
Figure 19. The five districts identified for the survey 73
Figure 20. Combined productivity ratio 86
Figure 21. Average gender composition of farming households in the Northern and Eastern
regions of Sierra Leone 87
Figure 22. Sources of income for smallholders in the Eastern and the Northern regions of
Sierra Leone (% of farms) 89
Figure 23. Sources of income for smallholders in the Eastern and the Northern regions of
Sierra Leone ranked from the most important to the least important 90
Figure 24. Average acreage under cultivation per crop for the sample of smallholders in the
Eastern and Northern regions of Sierra Leone 91
Figure 25. Proportions of smallholders in the Northern and Eastern samples cultivating the different crops 91
Figure 26. Allocation of acreage to different crops for the median farm in the Eastern region of Sierra Leone 92
Figure 27. Allocation of acreage to different crops for the median farm in the Northern
region of Sierra Leone 92
Figure 28. Total cultivated acreage per farm for food and tree crops per district 94
Figure 29. Average number of years of land under forest and bush fallow per district 94
Figure 30. Total acre per household member per district 95
Figure 31. Food production area for one household member per district 95
Figure 32. Total household and hired labour use for production in days per year per district
(men, women and children hours worked included) 96
Figure 33. Total household labour availability and use and hired labour use in days per year per district 96