Mauritania

General information GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 2,400 Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 0.4 km3/year Incoming water flow, 2011: 11 km3/year Main food consumed, 2009: milk, wheat, sugar, vegetables, rice, meat, fish Rice consumption, 2009: 30.5 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons   Planting Harvesting Main Jun-Jul Oct-Nov Off Oct-Dec Mar-Apr

Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):

Mauritania is a large West African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Two-thirds of the land area of 1 million km² is desert. Most of its population of 3.54 million (2011) lives in the southwest, where the Senegal River provides water for irrigation. Agriculture contributes 16.3% (2011) of GDP and occupies 50% of the labor force. Arable land is only 0.4% of the land area, but fishing and livestock are the main agricultural activities.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and FAO RICE INFORMATION online, as of November 2012.

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