Total Area: 587,041 sq km
Land Area: 581,540 sq km
Water Area: 5,501 sq km
Climate description: tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south
Terrain description: narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center
Arable Land Use: 5.96%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 1.02%
Irrigated Land: 10,860 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 337 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 16.5 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,010 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation
Environmental Current Issues:
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: n/a
Agricultural Products description: coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Land Area: 581,540 sq km
Water Area: 5,501 sq km
Climate description: tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south
Terrain description: narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center
Arable Land Use: 5.96%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 1.02%
Irrigated Land: 10,860 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 337 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 16.5 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,010 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation
Environmental Current Issues:
- soil erosion results from deforestation and overgrazing
- desertification
- surface water contaminated with raw sewage and other organic wastes
- several endangered species of flora and fauna unique to the island
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: n/a
Agricultural Products description: coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts; livestock products
Man carrying bananas in Madagascar. Bananas are one of the world's biggest agricultural commodities.
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Vanilla beans laid to dry. Madagascar is one of the world's leading producers of vanilla.
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A sugarcane farmer in Madagascar separating edibles from non-edibles.
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Farmer preparing cloves.
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Some of the world's finest cocoa beans grow in the northern part of Madagascar.
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