SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa
SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa
SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa
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Figure 60. Farm viability of smallholders in Eastern region based on Peasant Farming Approach<br />
Figure 61. Farm viability of smallholders in Northern region based on Neoclassical Approach<br />
In Northern districts and under PF income<br />
measurement, 86% of the farms are above the<br />
reproduction threshold, meaning that they are<br />
viable, and only 14% fall below this threshold<br />
(RT North = 0) 42 . On the other hand, the NA<br />
income calculations show that only 5% of the<br />
farm households are above and 95% fall below<br />
the reproduction threshold for the same region.<br />
42 The reproduction threshold for the Northern region<br />
(RT north) was set to be equal to zero level of Farm Net<br />
Income (see Chapter 5)<br />
This in particular suggests that almost all surveyed<br />
farms in Tonkolili and Bombali are unviable. This<br />
result does not reflect the reality of surveyed areas<br />
as smallholders in fact have been producing at<br />
least since the end of the civil conflict period in<br />
the country. This implies that in order to survive<br />
the smallholders are highly dependent on their<br />
village/chiefdom values, culture and agricultural<br />
arrangements. In other words they are not fully<br />
integrated into the market economy and thus<br />
their behaviour is not adequately depicted by the<br />
neoclassical theory rationale.<br />
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