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Mali CS - food shortage, water shortage (+Las Vegas), Desert (+Sahara)
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- 1Site, situation and location of Mali*West of Africa around 23.5° latitude (tropic of capricorn)
*Landlocked - 2Causes of food shortages?*Hard to grow crops: low rainfall, low soil fertility, desert covers 1/3 of Northern Mali
*91% of families use fuel wood
*Causes deforestation, no roots to hold down the soil
*exposed to wind and rain-->soil erosion
*Earth gets cracked leading to more surface run-off
*Civil war since 2012 between groups in Northern Mali leads to less farmers
*172mm/yr of rainfall in the city of Timbuktu (a city in the sahel region) - 3Impacts of the food shortages*1 million people have fled their homes in N Mali due to conflict
*1/5 households face extreme food shortages
*70% of population below poverty line
*price of millet and rice increased by 30% from 250CFA-->350CFA (1KG) (50c to 67c)
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- All of Mali CS with extra CS that are in the same topic
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- Nick Phan
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