Site description
Mali is the first national demonstration site of the project. The area considered for the development of the Sen2-Agri products is the southern part of the country, including the capital Bamako and excluding the Sahelian desert zones of the North, which represents more than 95% of the national cropland area and a total acreage of 447 948 km².
The climate is sudano-sahelian.
The main crops produced in the country are millet, sorghum, rice, maize and cotton.
The growing season extends from May/June to October/November with a field preparation period in March/April.
The field size is rather small, generally around 1.5 ha.
Sen2-Agri Products
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Partners
The coordination of the activities related to field data collection and product assessment over the Malian site is ensured by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in coordination with the Institut d’Économie Rurale (IER – Rural Development Institute) and the Cellule de Planification et de Statistiques (CPS – Planning and Statistics Office), both organisations being attached to the Ministry of Agriculture of Mali.