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Figure 107. Cultivated area of non-supported and supported farmers per region: Number of acres per<br />

farm household<br />

Figure 108. Sex of household head for supported and non-supported farmers<br />

and supported group were equally below the<br />

EPL, it can be observed that on average the<br />

supported farmers achieve a slightly higher<br />

NFI (89 386 Leones) with respect to the nonsupported<br />

group of farmers (62 930). The<br />

latter can be partly attributed to the effect of<br />

STABEX-funded initiatives and other government<br />

sponsored activities in the area, as this survey<br />

was conducted after the technical assistance<br />

was provided to surveyed smallholders.<br />

When analysing the amount of cultivated<br />

acres between supported and non-supported<br />

farmers, it appears that non-supported farmers<br />

have larger land availability in their respective<br />

regions; on overage 2 more acres in the Eastern<br />

region and 1 additional acre in the Northern<br />

region (see Figure 107).<br />

Figure 108 and Figure 109 illustrate<br />

the existing divergence between supported<br />

Rural poverty reduction and food security: The case of smallholders in Sierra Leone<br />

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