Agriculture in Sierra Leone

[7] Other major annual food crops include sorghum, maize, millet, sweet potato and groundnut.

[9] Common livestock in Sierra Leone are cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry.

Most cattle are of the trypanotolerant N'Dama breed and problem diseases include contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.

[11] Poultry farming consists mainly of chickens, with some guinea fowl and Muscovy ducks.

The breeds of sheep and goats are hardy, able to survive the rigorous environment and are resistant to the trypanosomiasis disease.

The West African Dwarf goats can survive on grazing alone all year, even in the dry season, without the need for additional feed.

[12] Diseases that effect the sheep and goats include foot rot, internal parasites and heartwater.