Article published on http://www.worldbank.org on December 9, 2016
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Mali has one of the highest rates of acute malnutrition in West Africa.
- With 40 million hectares of arable land, the largest irrigation capacity in the Sahelian region (560,000 hectares), and 300 days of sunshine a year, Mali should leverage the agricultural sector to roll back malnutrition and poverty.
- New agricultural development policies would prepare the country for the foreseeable impacts of climate change on livestock and crop productivity.
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