mali by ms. lau the country typical food food costs works consulted
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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
$376
$5
$167
$1
$155
$32
$69
$420
$253$277
$76
$39
$317
$221
$26
$189
$40 $49
$151$146$159
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$ 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%
25%
23%
1%
0%
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