Data on Drylands production of Major Agro commodities in African countires compiled by UNCCD - uploaded by Aniruddha Yadav

1. UNCCD
African Drylands Commodity Atlas

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Countries Covered by the Atlas
• Burkina Faso Mali
• Chad Mauritania
• Djibouti Mozambique
• Eritrea Niger
• Ethiopia Senegal
• Gambia Somalia
• Lesotho Sudan
• Malawi Tanzania, United
Republic of

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Atlas Layout
African drylands
Preferential trade regimes
Citrus fruits Other fruits (non-citrus)
Production in humid areas of dryland countries
Coffee, Cotton, Fishery products, Cereals, Biofuel
Possibilities, Livestock products, Poultry products,
Nuts, Oilseeds and oils, Roots and tubers, Pulses
Spices, Vegetables, Sugar, Forest products,
Tobacco

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Aridity Zones

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Rain Fall Zones
The SSA can be divided into three
precipitation zones based on CRU
data (1981-2002). • Overall
matching between these
precipitation zones and Köppen
Geiger climate map
Main precipitation zones delineated
using mean annual precipitation for the
period 1981-2002

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Citrus Fruits

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African LCD Dryland Citrus production

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Other Fruits Non-Citrus

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Coffee

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Coffee Marketing Chain

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Cotton

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Productivity and Exports

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Cotton Outlook

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Fishery products

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Fishery Exports

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Cereals

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Livestock products

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Poultry products

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Nuts

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Oilseeds and Oils

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Roots and Tubers

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Pulses

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Pulses Production in Africa
Pulses Production in Africa

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Spices

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Spices Export Value

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Vegetables

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Vegetables Export Values

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West African Fresh Vegetable Trade

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Sugar Sugar consumption, 1961–2003 (million metric tons)

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Forest Products

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land degradation in the last 2 decades of the 20th century to have affected
10% of SSA across the board (2 million square km)
10% of agricultural land (380.000 square km)
likely to be underestimated (seen from space)
650.000 km2 of degrading land is not suitable for agriculture
Around 90.000 km2 is farmed nonetheless and should not be
Who is degrading the rest and why?
290.000 km2 is farmed and degrading, half of it on poor soils
Overall, most of the degrading land has below average population density
Suggesting encroachment on fragile lands
very productive land is endangered
250.000 km2 of grassland is degrading, despite greening of Sahel
Overall, 60 million people live on land that is degrading
At the current rate of degradation 10%/20 years,
this century will see some serious conflicts over land resources

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Identify those agricultural regions where conditions are so unfavourable
Identify areas where population pressure is high and degradation is in full progress.
Every effort should be made to introduce sustainable farming practises in such areas.
Identify areas where pastoralist and farmers are exerting undue pressure on land that is
intrinsically favourable for their use. These are areas of degradation of prime land where
research should be undertaken.
Locate those regions where farmers are encroaching or have occupied marginal land or
where uncontrolled deforestation is taking place. Here, proper institutions should be put in
place to ensure that these processes do not damage the ecosystem services on which
societies depend.