Country |
Fruits |
Groundnuts |
Millet |
Sorghum |
share in permanent crops area (%) |
share in arable land (%) |
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Burkina Faso* |
26.6 |
6.4 |
32.1 |
36.7 |
Cape Verde |
60.8 |
- |
- |
- |
Gambia |
17.8 |
40.8 |
1.2 |
7.2 |
Mali |
7.2 |
3.9 |
20.7 |
13.5 |
Niger |
95.0 |
6.8 |
11.6 |
48.6 |
Senegal |
50.3 |
36.5 |
38.5 |
7.9 |
Sahel West Africa |
39.5 |
10.7 |
33.7 |
28.1 |
Estimates based on data extracted from FAOSTAT (2002); Note: shaded cells stand for 'naturally suitable crops of the sub-region', whereas bold and italic cells indicate 'naturally suitable country-specific crops'. Permanent crops with a share exceeding 10% and annual crops exceeding 5% of the total area were retained.