Sierra Leone Livelihood Zones Map

The Livelihood Zone Map for Sierra Leone is the result of a workshop in October 2016, it updates the livelihood zone map produced in November 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 eleven (10) livelihood zones are established for Sierra Leone: 

• SL01 - Tonkolli Food Crops, Gold and Iron Ore

• SL02 - Bombali Food Crops, Peppers, Tobacco and Livestock

• SL03 - Western Rice, Root Crops, Cereals and Trade Belt

• SL04 - Coastal Food Crops and Fishing

• SL05 - Kailahun-Kenema-Pujehun Cash Crops, Food Crops and Trade

• SL06 - Kono-Kenema-Bo Rice, Tree Crops and Timbers

• SL07 - Koinadugu Food Crops, Livestock and Trade

• SL08 - Follosoba Dembellia and Wara Wara Yagala Vegetables 

• SL09 - Freetown Peri-Urban 

• SL10 - Rice Bowl Areas