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SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa

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6 Survey Results<br />

150<br />

Figure 105. Supported and non-supported farms below and above the Extreme (Food) Poverty Line<br />

per region (%)<br />

Figure 106. Average net farm income (NFI) per farm household unit (hhUnit) for non-supported and<br />

supported farmers at regional level (Leones)<br />

than 99%) in the Northern region from both the<br />

supported and the control group are actually<br />

below the Extreme (Food) Poverty Line (EPL).<br />

While in the Eastern regions, the percentage of<br />

non-supported farmers above EPL is almost 80%,<br />

and 60% of the supported farmers group are also<br />

above the EPL (see Figure 105). In other words,<br />

the differences in terms of poverty levels are<br />

accentuated from a regional point of view.<br />

In relation to NFI per farm household unit,<br />

in the Eastern region, the non-supported group<br />

achieves the highest average level of the entire<br />

sample (1 174 252 Leones); suggesting that<br />

these farmers are indeed the better off (Figure<br />

106). The supported farmers of the Eastern<br />

districts achieve the second position with 925<br />

590 Leones per farm household unit. However,<br />

in the Northern region, where both the control

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