Theme: Food security & climate change: How to improve contribution of irrigation and drainage.

Mali

Geography

Mali is a vast and landlocked country in West Africa covering an area of 1.24 MKm², of which 51% consists of desert land. It shares more than 7,000 Km of borders with seven other countries: Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire to the south, Guinea to the southwest, Senegal to the west, and Mauritania to the west and northwest. The relief of the country is characterized by plateaus to the south and west, in particular the Mandingue Plateau (altitude 300-400 m), and sandy plains; the alluvial plain of the Inner Niger Delta in the center; and the Adrar of Iforas in the northeast near the Algerian border which rises to 890 m and constitutes an extension of the crystalline massifs of central Sahara.

Population and land use

The population of Mali is 19 Million as per Population Reference Bureau (2018). With an HDI less than 0.55, the United Nations ...Read more