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Figure 30. Total acre per household member per district
Figure 31. Food production area for one household member per district
Labour
As a measure for household labour supply,
we use the information provided on household
size and composition. This information is
presented by district in the second section of
Table 24. The households are larger on average
in the districts of the Eastern region than they
are in the Northern region (with the exception
of Kono). The total available working days per
household are 260 days39 (1950 hours per year
per full time working man power). The labour use
for production can be seen in Figure 3240 , which
39 ILO 1996, Wage Workers in Agriculture: Conditions of
Employment and Work, Geneva, International Labour Office
40 In Sierra Leone on average the total hours worked in
agriculture is around 900 hours per year for women
and 1450 hours for men (Lee R. Martin 1991. A Survey
of Agricultural Economics Literature: Agriculture in
economic development 1940s to 1990s, University of
Minnesota Press, 1072p)
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