Sierra Leone: Agriculture risk management

This report is intended to support the government of Sierra Leone in the development of a risk management action plan and for disaster risk financing investments. It was compiled with extensive analysis of crop and livestock production, price, and meteorological data records between 2003–2022.

It includes evidence from a literature review on production, market, and enabling environment risk events occurring over the foregoing time period and from stakeholder interviews held with farmers, traders, processors, and others sector players, as well as with government and agricultural research staff between June 2023 and March 2024. The results of the analysis are considered in light of the different stakeholders’ vulnerability to the effects of ex post shock events and the resulting ex ante impact upon investment. The most salient issues and results of this analysis are outlined in the report. A considerable volume of supporting data is supplied in the appendixes, including (1) key crop production zones, (2) further analysis of rainfall time series data, and (3) detailed crop yield loss records, among others.