SIERRA LEONE 2008. Members of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association using a mechanical thresher for their harvested rice in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Members of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association using a mechanical thresher for their harvested rice in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

A family eating a typical meal of rice in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Bundles of harvested rice in a field just outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. Rice is the most important staple crop in Sierra Leone. 

A family eating a typical meal of rice in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Bundles of harvested rice in a field just outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. Rice is the most important staple crop in Sierra Leone. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A member of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association caryying a harvest of rice on her head just outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Women of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association singing while carrying their rice back from the fields in Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. 

Members of the Bombali District Famers Cooperative Association harvesting rice in the field outside of Gbanka Potho, Bombali District. The famers have no mechanized method of harvesting, and instead u 

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 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. 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. 

Young women carrying firewood to their homes just outside of Gbanka Potho. 

Men doing road maintenance work in Kabala, Koinadugu District. Poor, unpaved roads contribute to Sierra Leone's transportation problem, another contributing factor to high food prices. 

Men doing road maintenance work in Kabala, Koinadugu District. Poor, unpaved roads contribute to Sierra Leone's transportation problem, another contributing factor to high food prices. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A farmer separating rice grains from the chaff in Kondeye, Koinadugu District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Children under a local shelter in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Children playing an evening game of football in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. 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. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. Bundles of rice hanging to dry in Kondeya, Koinadugu District. 

SIERRA LEONE 2008. A mix of peppers and onions and other goods for sale at Aberdeen Market. Sierra Leone has an abundance of food but prices have increased and many people cannot afford basic items.