A handful of spelt, valued at 700 Leones (approximately USD $0.23) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

A handful of locally grown rice valued at 1,000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. In Freetown, imported rice is often less expensive than locally grown rice. 

A handful of locally grown rice valued at 1,000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. In Freetown, imported rice is often less expensive than locally grown rice. 

A handful of imported rice worth 800 Leones (approximately USD $0.27) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. In Freetown, imported rice is often less expensive than locally grown rice. 

A handful of yellow lentils valued at 1,000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

A handful of millet, valued at 1, 000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

Food sellers preparing cassava in Lumley, Freetown. 

A handful of cowpeas valued at 1, 000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

A handful of pigeon peas or "konshu beans", as they are called locally, valued at 800 Leones (approximately USD $0.27) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

Programme Officer Enitor Briggs at work in the FAO office in Freetown. 

A vendor displaying the beans she sells from her stall at Aberdeen Market. She is from Kabala, in northern Sierra Leone, but fled to Freetown during the country's civil war. She returns home every yea 

A handful of "big beans", as they are called locally, valued at 600 Leones (approximately USD $0.20) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

Daily life in Aberdeen, Freetown. 

A handful of chili peppers valued at 800 Leones (approximately USD $0.27) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

A handful of dried okra valued at 500 Leones (approximately USD $0.17) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

A handful of sesame seeds or "be-nee", as it called locally, valued at 1, 700 Leones (approximately USD $0.57) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

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. 

A mother of three, attending her stall at Aberdeen Market. Like others at Aberdeen Market, she built her stall on her own. She has been working there for three years. She complains that this year, the 

A handful of shelled peanuts valued at 1, 000 Leones (approximately USD $0.34) at the Aberdeen Market, Freetown. 

Dr. Aloysius Cyril Lahai, FAO Programme Assistant, in his office in Freetown.