Sierra Leone Crop Calendar
What to plant and harvest across 2 agro-ecological zones in Sierra Leone — 1 crops with sowing windows, growing periods and local notes.
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1 cropsAll crops in Sierra Leone
Agro-ecological zones
plains LOWLAND
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hill mountain UPLAND
Covers the whole country except the coastal areas,rising from50m to 1948m above sea level with undulating relief.The climate is monsoon type and humid with distinct rainy( May-Nov) and dry( Dec-April)seasons.t comprises a total of 60,650km2.Of the 4.3M ha of arable land of this ecosystem, 70.9% is available and only 6.5% is cultivated annuallyRainfall ranges from 2000mm in the North to 3500mm on the coast.Temperatures range from 23oC to 290C but can rise to 36 in the dries..
Practices: Slash and burn Rice and Grain farming,Tree cropping,Cattle Rearing.It is found in the Northern Disticts of Tonkolili.Bombali,Port Loko and Kambia