Mali

By Ms. Lau

The Country

Typical Food

Food Costs

Works Consulted

Country description

• Large landlocked country in Western Africa

• On edge of Sahara Desert• Population - 12 million• One of the poorest

countries in world

Food Shortages

• Very little fertile land

• Long droughts• BUT farming and

livestock is main source of food

• Niger River, in the south, floods and leaves rich soil

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Food Costs in MaliFood Costs around the World

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$26

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$ per family per week

• Almost 50% of the Mali diet is spent on Grain

• Families in Great Britain spend more than 20X on food than in Mali

Food costs in Mali

44%

1%6%

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23%

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0%

Grains

Dairy

Meat, Fish, Eggs

Fruit,Veg,Nuts

Condiments

Prepared Foods.Restaurants

Beverages

Misc

Typical Food

• One week for a family: $26.39 US

• Corn, rice, wheat

• Vegetables

• Little protein, just dried fish

Works Consulted• "Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire." Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2009. Metropolitan Museum of

Art. 25 Mar 2009 <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mali/hd_mali.htm>.

• "Mali." Reviewed by Patrick Manning and Patrick Manning. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Mar. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0182810-0