-Total area: 1,240,192 sq km
-Land area: 1,220,190 sq km
-Total water area: 20,002 sq km
-Climate Description: subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
-Terrain description: mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
-Arable land: 5.53%
-Permanent crops: 0.1%
-Irrigated land use- 2,358 sq km (2003)
-Total renewable water resources: 100 cu km (2011)
-Total fresh water withdrawal: 6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%)
-Per person freshwater withdrawal: 545.4 cu m/yr (2000)
-Natural hazards description: hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
-Environmental current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
-Total labor force: 200,000 people
-% of labor force in agriculture: 80%
-Agricultural products description: cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
-Land area: 1,220,190 sq km
-Total water area: 20,002 sq km
-Climate Description: subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
-Terrain description: mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
-Arable land: 5.53%
-Permanent crops: 0.1%
-Irrigated land use- 2,358 sq km (2003)
-Total renewable water resources: 100 cu km (2011)
-Total fresh water withdrawal: 6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%)
-Per person freshwater withdrawal: 545.4 cu m/yr (2000)
-Natural hazards description: hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
-Environmental current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
-Total labor force: 200,000 people
-% of labor force in agriculture: 80%
-Agricultural products description: cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
farmers all deal with droughts, all there farming relies on rain.
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/13/informing-farmers-and-combatting-drought-in-mali/
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/13/informing-farmers-and-combatting-drought-in-mali/
women working on the farms in Ghana
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22293629~menuPK:141310~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22293629~menuPK:141310~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
The dry climate makes farming very difficult
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mali-AGRICULTURE.html
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mali-AGRICULTURE.html
The whole village helps out to make enough food including the small children and women
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mali-AGRICULTURE.html
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mali-AGRICULTURE.html