Sierra Leone
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The Livelihood Zone Map for Sierra Leone is the result of secondary data review and key informant workshops in July 2010. A livelihood zone is an area within which people share broadly the same pattern of livelihood, including options for obtaining food and income and market opportunities. A livelihood zoning is essential for the following reasons:
- It provides geographic orientation of livelihood systems to inform food security analysis and assistance targeting
- It provides the basis for identifying geographically relevant food security monitoring indicators
- It provides a sampling frame for future on-the-ground assessments
Livelihood patterns clearly vary from one geographic area to another, which is why the preparation of a Livelihood Zone Map is a logical first step for livelihoods-based analysis.
The following ten (10) livelihood zones are established for Sierra Leone:
- SL01 - Rice and Secondary Gold Mines
- SL02 - Formerly Mixed (NW) - Crops, Livestock, Rice, Cassava, Sweet Potato
- SL03 - Degradation, Short Cycle, Root Crops, Trade, Cassava, Yam (Formerly Trade Based)
- SL04 - Fish and Food Crop
- SL05 - Cash Crop, Food Crop, Trade (SE)
- SL06 - Rice and Trees
- SL07 - Livestock Trade, Food Crop
- SL08 - Vegetable Production Area
- SL09 - Freetown peri-Urban
- SL10 - Rice Bowl Area
Livelihood Zone Map illustrates the country by zone, showing areas where people generally have the same options for obtaining food and income and engaging in trade.