02/05/2021

MALI


MALI.

Hammamet Colloquium. Campaign against Desertification.
Desert.
Stamp issued on 18.05.1978.
Face value: 200 Malian francs.
Design: Odette Baillais (b. 1929).
Printed by EDILA, Geneva.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 53 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 646.
- Scott No. 306.
- StampWorld No. 646.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 645.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 307.

In 1975, after eleven years of persistent drought throughout the Sahel, which caused famines and massive emigration, a program against desertification and for the protection of agriculture in the Mopti region was launched through the construction of small reservoirs that allowed the permanent availability of water, the restoration of the water table and, with it, the increase in agricultural and livestock productivity, which led to a decrease in the exodus of the rural population (which represented 72% of the total population of the country). At the same time, the planting of eucalyptus was started to stop desertification. These interventions turned out to be very effective. Similar interventions were carried out in other regions of the country, as Tombouctou, which are also heavily affected by desertification.

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