Sierra Leone [In West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis]

Raymond G. Johnson, Mohamed Kandeh, Abdulai Jalloh, Gerald Nelson and Timothy Thomas

Chapter 12 in West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis, 2013, pp 323-352 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Sierra Leone has an area of 72,325 square kilometers and is bordered in the northeast by the Republic of Guinea, in the south and southeast by the Republic of Liberia, and in the west by the North Atlantic Ocean. The country is divided into five main geographical regions: coastline, interior lowland plains, interior plateau, mountains, and Freetown Peninsula. The coastline is part of the general coastline of the West and Central Africa region, a low plain, sandy and surf beaten. The general coastline orientation, northwest–southeast, is strongly influenced by the local structural and lithological framework.

Keywords: crops; climate change; agriculture; food security; economic development; agricultural development; sustainability; resource management; agricultural policies; Sierra Leone; Western Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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