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SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa

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6 Survey Results<br />

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Figure 39. Crop mix categories present in Sierra Leone Survey (% of total cultivated acreage and all<br />

surveyed farms)<br />

Figure 40. Crop mix categories present in Sierra Leone Survey (% of total cultivated acreage and all<br />

surveyed farms)<br />

rice & tree cropping systems and ii) rice & tree &<br />

other food cropping systems. These two categories<br />

represent around 70% of surveyed farms. There<br />

is almost 20% of farms specialised only on rice<br />

production and 8% on rice and other food,<br />

however, these together represent only around 10%<br />

of the total surveyed area. At district level, it can be<br />

seen from Figure 41 that the rice & tree crop mix<br />

is typical for all the districts. The rice & other food<br />

& tree category is widespread in all the districts,<br />

except Kailahun. Rice only and rice & other<br />

food can be found only in the Northern districts<br />

representing together 20% and 40% of the surveyed<br />

smallholders in Tonkolili and Bombali, respectively.<br />

Figure 42 and Figure 43 further illustrate the<br />

distribution in the sample of farm households<br />

growing rice (upland, lowland or mixed) and<br />

tree crops (cash crops coffee and cocoa; and<br />

subsistence crop oil palm) at the district level.<br />

Concerning rice production it can be seen that the<br />

majority of the farms in all districts have a mix of

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