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SIERRA LEONE, between Guinea and Liberia on the West African coast facing the Atlantic Ocean, is a small country, with a population of 4.7 million (1999) in an area of 71,000 km2 It consists of a large, swampy coastal plain, inner agricultural areas that were previously tropical forest, and an eastern plateau. About 12% of the land is arable and just over half the workforce is engaged in agriculture, mainly at the subsistence level.
General information
- GNI per capita PPP$, 2000: 480
- Internal renewable water resources: 160 km3
- Main food consumed: rice, oil and fat, roots and tubers, pulses, wheat
- Rice consumption, 1999: 99.2 kg milled rice per person per year
Production constraints
- Insecurity
- Poor road network
- Rice policy environment
Production season |
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Planting |
Harvesting |
Main season |
Apr-Jul |
Sep-Jan |
Basic rice statistics, Sierra Leone |
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1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Rice |
Area harvested (ha) |
339,865 |
392,600 |
274,500 |
284,770 |
213,054 |
183,214 |
Yield (t/ha) |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
Production (t) |
430,000 |
503,700 |
355,500 |
328,310 |
247,235 |
199,134 |
Rice imports (t) |
92,193 |
123,700 |
243,200 |
243,200 |
243,200 |
na |
Others |
Population, total ( x 10 3 ) |
3,583 |
3,994 |
4,188 |
4,568 |
4,717 |
na |
Population, agriculture ( x 10 3 ) |
2,458 |
2,694 |
2,716 |
2,889 |
2,958 |
na |
Agricultural area ( x 10 3 ha) |
2,732 |
2,744 |
2,741 |
2,740 |
na |
na |
Irrigated agricultural area ( x10 3 ha) |
28 |
28 |
29 |
29 |
na |
na |
Total fertilizer consumption (t) |
3,600 |
1,300 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
na |
na |
Tractors used in agric. (no.) |
470 |
200 |
100 |
81 |
na |
na |
Source: FAOSTAT online database. |
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