Situated in West Africa, the Republic of Mali is a landlocked nation and also the eighth biggest in the entire continent, in terms of land area. Covering around 1,240,000 square kilometres, it houses around 19 million people. The nation is divided into 8 regions or administrative provinces. The northern part of the country is covered by the Saharan desert and is largely uninhabited. Human settlements are concentrated in the southern region having large tracts of cultivable lands.
Agriculture is...