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180 CHAPTER 7 FIGURE 7.6 Protected areas in Guinea, 2009
Ia: Strict Nature Reserve Ib: Wilderness Area II: National Park III: National Monument
IV: Habitat / Species Management Area V: Protected Landscape / Seascape VI: Managed Resource Protected Area Not applicable Not known
Sources: Protected areas are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP and IUCN 2009). Water bodies are from the World Wildlife Fund’s Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (Lehner and Döll 2004).
inputs and consumer goods for farm households. The regional headquarters towns are fairly accessible by road; in all the regions, there is adequate access to cities and towns of 10,000 or more. A major trunk road links Conakry in the west to N’Zérékoré in the east. Transport of agricultural inputs and produce between urban and rural areas of Guinea is not much of a problem.
Agriculture Overview Tables 7.3–7.5 show key agricultural commodities in terms of area harvested, value of harvest, and food consumption (ranked by weight). Rice is the staple crop of Guineans. It is cultivated on 80 percent of farms and provides 65 per- cent of cereal needs. Other important foodcrops are corn, fonio, groundnuts,