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| Keywords: Mali ag map 2001 USDA.jpg Major Agricultural Region in Southern Mali showing Isohyet lines and crop intesity percentages Mali ™s most productive agricultural region located between Bamako and Mopti Irrigation is practiced in this region but irrigation water is used mainly for rice while cotton is grown as a rainfed crop Average rainfall varies in this region from 500-mm per year around Mopti to 1400-mm in the south near Bougouni Cotton production systems typically revolve around small family farms with limited equipment and no mechanization In general cotton in the Franc Zone is grown within the Sudanian and Sudanian-Guinean Zone characterized with an annual rainfall ranging from 600-1200 mm and growing seasons greater than 120 days Cotton within the Franc Zone is planted from May-July and harvested from October-December Other cropping systems within the Franc Zone cotton belt includes maize sorghum millet vegetables cowpeas and rice http //www fas usda gov/pecad2/highlights/2001/10/mali/mali_cotton_01 htm 2001 USDA Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division Public Domain USDA Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division PD-USGov Agriculture in Mali Maps of Mali | ||||
