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Sierra Leone: Fighting fires with rice paddies

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FARM-D
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Online Location
https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/publication/asset/42425394
Publication date
31/01/2021
Number of Pages
4
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Climate / Weather / Environment
Information Technologies
Type of Risk:
Weather & Climate related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
IFAD

ABSTRACT

This GIS study shows that the development of rice paddies in Sierra Leone has led to fewer forest fires. Farmer groups who developed rice paddies under the IFAD-supported Smallholder Commercialization Programme have shifted from slash-and-burn cultivation to rice cultivation in inland swamps because the latter produces higher yields. This shift is visible in remote sensing imagery.