Rains give hope to farmers
The rains have been late this year and many parts of the country have been suffering and worrying about the harvest.
The good news is that the heavy rain of the last couple of weeks has brought hope to farmers. All areas of the country have been affected by the late rains, particularly the north in the regions of Gao and Kidal. The cotton and corn (maise) crops have shown a decline in production and seedlings are late in growing. However, in part of Sikasso Region the crop of corn and millet show increases.
Cereals are in reasonable supply throughout the country and are available in markets, stores and government stores, and the price remains steady apart from in Kayes and Segou where the price has fallen and Koulikoro where the price has risen. Prices are generally lower than in 2005, but the price of rice has risen over the last 5 years whilst other cereals have fallen. Seeds are also in good supply and recent attempts to improve the availablility of seeds to local farmers have been succesful.
The water situation is generally good and improvements have been made over the last 10 years.
Summarised from http://www.essor.gov.ml/
