Fishermen repairing their nets on the beach in Lumley, Freetown. 

Women shoppting at the open air market in 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 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 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. 

Daily life in Aberdeen, Freetown. 

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

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

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

A father feeding his infant imported baby food in a shantytown in Aberdeen, 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 young woman using a shard of glass as a mirror while preparing for a night out in a shanty town in Aberdeen, Freetown. 

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

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

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. 

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

Intern Anya Walsh, volunteer Saleh Azizi and Programme Officer Enitor Briggs working together in the FAO office in Freetown. 

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