General view of rice fields in Kondeye, Koinadugu District. 

Rice fields in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Rice fields in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Rice fields in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Bundles of rice hanging to dry in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

General view of sorghum plants in Kondeye, Koinadugu District. 

Young men carrying firewood through rice farms in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Villagers harvesting rice in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. Since there is no mechanized way of harvesting available, it is done using a simple blade to cut the rice. 

Children under a local shelter in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

FAO Project Coordinator Fulvio Cenci inspecting a hoe in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

FAO Project Coordinator Fulvio Cenci visiting with local children in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Cabbage leaves from a vegetable garden outside of Kabala, Koinadugu District. 

A farmer showing cucumbers from her vegetable garden outside of Kabala, Koinadugu District. 

A farmer showing eggplants from her vegetable garden outside of Kabala, Koinadugu District. 

Members of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association using a mechanical thresher for their harvested rice in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

Bundles of harvested rice in a field just outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. Rice is the most important staple crop in Sierra Leone. 

Women of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association singing while carrying their rice back from the fields in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

A member of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association caryying a harvest of rice on her head just outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

Eggplants growing in a vegetable garden outside of Kabala, Koinadugu District. 

A man from the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association wrapping up a bundle of rice in the field outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. The famers have no mechanized method of harvesting a