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SIERRA LEONE maq 4ª.indd - agrilife - Europa

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Table of Contents<br />

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4 EU Support Programmes for Rice and Tree Crop Production (STABEX) 67<br />

4.1 Objectives of the STABEX funded programmes and priority issues 68<br />

4.1.1 Support to food crop production: rice 68<br />

4.1.2 Support to cash crop production: cocoa and coffee 68<br />

4.2 Initial Achievements of STABEX programmes 69<br />

4.2.1 Rice 69<br />

4.2.2 Cocoa and coffee 70<br />

5 Survey Methodology 73<br />

5.1 Study Area 73<br />

5.1.1 Sample Size and Selection 74<br />

5.1.2 Data Collection 75<br />

5.2 Data Analysis and Presentation of Results 76<br />

5.2.1 Calculation of economic performance 77<br />

5.2.2 Input factor productivity of smallholders 85<br />

6 Survey Results 87<br />

6.1 Characterisation of smallholders 87<br />

6.1.1 Household demography 87<br />

6.1.2 Main activities and income sources 89<br />

6.1.3 Crop Allocation and Farm Production of smallholders 90<br />

6.1.4 Resources of smallholders 92<br />

6.1.5 Infrastructure and communication 97<br />

6.1.6 Community leadership and social participation 98<br />

6.2 Evaluation of the economic performance and viability of smallholders 101<br />

6.2.1 Farm typology 101<br />

6.2.2 Economic viability of smallholders 118<br />

6.3 Input factor productivity of smallholders 125<br />

6.3.1 Land productivity 125<br />

6.3.2 Labour productivity 128<br />

6.4 Evaluation of the influence of the support provided 135<br />

6.4.1 Relevance 137<br />

6.4.2 Effectiveness 142<br />

6.4.3 Impact 144<br />

6.4.4 Sustainability 146<br />

6.4.5 General Improvement in the Community Area 147<br />

6.4.6 Non-Supported Farmers 148

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