Mali

The capital and main city is Bamako.
The official language is French
Area: 478,841 sq mi (approx. 4x the size of the State of Michigan)
Population approx. 15 million in 2009
Climate: Northern Sahara zone in Mali experiences hot and dry climate whereas the climate of Mali in the subtropical southern part is hot and humid

Fun Fact: The prime meridian marker is located in Gao, Mali, where one can literally stand on the edge of two hemispheres.

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Consumer and retailer preferences for local ingredients in processed foods: Evidence from a stacked choice experiment in an African urban dairy market

Published on August 2, 2021
Vroegindewey, R., Richardson, R. B., Ortega, D. L., & Theriault, V. (2021). Consumer and retailer preferences for local ingredients in processed foods: Evidence from a stacked choice experiment in an African urban dairy market. Food Policy, 102106.
The unintended consequences of the fertilizer subsidy program on crop species diversity in Mali

Published on July 1, 2021
Theriault, V., & Smale, M. (2021). The unintended consequences of the fertilizer subsidy program on crop species diversity in Mali. Food Policy, 102, 102121.
Key factors for increasing farmer participation in markets: evidence from the Malian dairy sector

Published on June 30, 2021
Vroegindewey, R., Richardson, R. B., & Thériault, V. (2021). Key factors for increasing farmer participation in markets: evidence from the Malian dairy sector. Revue d’Élevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire Des Pays Tropicaux, 74(2), 93–103.
“Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries

Published on March 30, 2021
Reardon, T., Heiman, A., Lu, L., Nuthalapati, C. S. R., Vos, R., & Zilberman, D. (2021). “Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries. Agricultural Economics.
A Cross-Country Summary of Fertilizer Subsidy Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published on February 11, 2020
Melinda Smale, Véronique Thériault, 2018. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 169.