1. Mali By Ms. Lau The Country Typical Food Food Costs Works Consulted

2. Country description Large landlocked country in Western Africa On edge of Sahara Desert Population - 12 million One of the poorest countries in world

3. Food Shortages Very little fertile land Long droughts BUT farming and livestock is main source of food Niger River, in the south, floods and leaves rich soil

4. Food Costs in Mali Almost 50% of the Mali diet is spent on Grain Families in Great Britain spend more than 20X on food than in Mali

5. Typical Food One week for a family: $26.39 US Corn, rice, wheat Vegetables Little protein, just dried fish

6. Works Consulted "Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire." Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2009. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 25 Mar 2009. "Mali." Reviewed by Patrick Manning and Patrick Manning. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 25 Mar. 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0182810-0http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0182810-0