Mali

Our work in Mali

The focus of our activities in Mali continues to shift from crop research at the Cinzana Research Station too improving livelihoods for local farmers through access to technologies and enterprise development.

Projet de Renforcement des Capacités pour une Agriculture Durable (PRECAD) aims to build capacity for sustainable agriculture among rural communities in Cinzana and Katiena by providing training and helping them to achieve fair prices for their produce.

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Demography

Population²	11,651,500
Population less than 15 as % of total²	47.2
Population growth, %²	2.4
Mobile phones per 1,000 people³	5
Telephone main lines per 1,000 people³	5
Radios per 1,000 people⁴	180
Internet users³	25,000
Agriculture as % of GDP²	35.2
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births²	122
% of rural population with access to safe water^*3	35
Land use, permanent crop land (hectares)³	40,000

  ^* Data measure the share of the population with reasonable and ready access to
    adequate safe water for domestic purposes. Data for small countries and countries in
    arid and semi-arid areas are less reliable than those for larger countries and countries
    with greater rainfall.

    1 Data for the year 2004
    2 Data for the year 2003
    3 Data for the year 2002
    4 Data for the year 2001

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Sources

(African countries) 2005 African Development Indicators, The World Bank,
Washington DC (June 2005).
(All countries) 2005 World Development Indicators, The World Bank,
Washington DC (March 2005).

Related projects

Precad project

Crop research project

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