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Figure 8.8: Agricultural Equipped Areas in <strong>African</strong> CountriesAlgeriaAngolaBeninBotsw anaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCape VerdeChadCongoCongo, Dem RepCôte d'IvoireDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyMadagascarMalaw iMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRw andaSao Tome &SenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanSw azilandTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabw e0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 40002002 2001 2000Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the Source: <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> (FAO), 2004.WATER FOR FOOD SECURITYHowever, by using all the information available, informationcan be obtained on about 10.5 millionhectares of crops. This figure corresponds to 75 percent of the physical area with water control and itcan thus be considered as representative of the situationof crops in water-managed lands on the continentand in the major regions. Results are summarizedin Table 8.14, in which the different cropshave been grouped in six major categories (FAO,1995).The most widespread crop is rice, which alonerepresents more than one third of the water man-aged crop area. However, large discrepancies canbe seen between the regions (Table 8.18). Cultivatedmostly in wetlands and valley bottoms,rice is the predominant crop in the humid zonesof the Gulf of Guinea and East Africa. It is alsovery developed on the plateaus of Madagascar. Inthe northern and southern regions, it representsonly a small portion of the total crops under watermanagement. Among the other cereals, wheatand maize are cultivated and irrigated mostly inthe countries of the North (Egypt and Morocco)and in South Africa, Sudan and Somalia. Sorghumis cultivated in the Sudano-Sahelian region,mostly as recession cropping (FAO, 1995).209

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