Editing Sierra Leone (section)

=== Agriculture ===

{{Further|Agriculture in Sierra Leone}}

[[File:Sierra Leone rice farmer.jpg|thumb|A farmer with his rice harvest in Sierra Leone. Two-thirds of Sierra Leone's population are directly involved in [[subsistence agriculture]].<ref name = "future">{{cite web
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Two-thirds of the population of Sierra Leone are directly involved in [[subsistence agriculture]].<ref name="future"/> Agriculture accounted for 58 per cent of [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) in 2007.<ref name = "AFEC">{{Cite book |first=OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|last= African Development Bank|title =African Economic Outlook 2009: Country Notes: Volumes 1 and 2|publisher=OECD Publishing|year =2009|pages =561–562|isbn=978-92-64-07618-1}}</ref>

Agriculture is the largest employer with 80 per cent of the population working in the sector.<ref>{{Cite book |last=König|first=Dirk |title =Linking Agriculture to Tourism in Sierra Leone – a Preliminary Research |publisher =GRIN Verlag|year =2008|page =67 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=ChOkCqPu_QMC&q=agriculture+economy+sierra+leone&pg=PA65|isbn=978-3-638-94680-3}}</ref> [[Rice]] is the most important staple crop in Sierra Leone with 85 per cent of farmers cultivating rice during the rainy season<ref>{{Cite book |last=Catling|first=David|title = Rice in deep water|publisher =Int. Rice Res. Inst.|year =1992|page = 372 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=N5JxwKx1RAgC&q=rice+sierra+leone&pg=PA372|isbn=978-971-22-0005-2}}</ref> and an annual consumption of 76&nbsp;kg (167.5 lbs) per person.<ref>{{Cite book |title =Rice today, Volume 3:Rice facts |publisher =International Rice Research|year =2004|page =48 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=3PZjte6EADYC&q=rice+sierra+leone&pg=PA48}}</ref>