A young boy watering his mother's vegetable garden outside of Kabala, Koinadugu District. 

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

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

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

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

A farmer standing in his sister's vegetable garden with harvested eggplants in hand, outside of Kabala, Koinadugu District. This family consists of 8 brothers and sisters and all are farmers in a netw 

Rice fields in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Children under a local shelter in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Rice fields in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

Rice fields in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

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

General view of rice fields in Kondeye, Koinadugu District. 

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

A farmer separating rice grains from the chaff in Kondeye, Koinadugu District. 

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

General view of sorghum plants in Kondeye, 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. 

FAO Project Coordinator Fulvio Cenci inspecting a hoe in Kondeya, Koinadugu 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 using the traditional methods of threshing rice by simply grinding it with their feet or hands in a field just outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District.