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	Mauritania > General information
FAO Representative: Ms Mariam Mahamat Nour \| e-mail: FAO-MR@fao.org \| web site: www.un.mr/fao/fao.htm

Country codes

ISO3:	MRT	ISO2:	MR
UN:	478	GAUL:	159
UNDP:	MAU	FAOSTAT:	136

Key statistics

Country area: 103070 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 103070 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Agricultural area: 39651 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 3460 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 3024 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.433
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Global hunger index: 12.7
Source: IFPRI. Calculated, 2011.

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Thematic profiles and systems:

FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

News:

25/01/2012 - Hunger crisis in Chad just weeks away, warns aid agency [Source: World Food Program News]

24/01/2012 - Niger struggles to feed itself at the best of times – these are the worst of times [Source: World Food Program News]

30/03/2011 - Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) Data Tool [Source: IFPRI News]

21/03/2011 - Mauritania School Feeding Suspended, WFP Seeks Interim Aid [Source: World Food Program News]

17/11/2010 - Mauritania Families Find Chewy Solution To Hunger [Source: World Food Program News]

15/11/2010 - Mauritania: WFP grants 15.3 million dollars for micro-projects [Source: World Food Program News]

13/10/2010 - European Union grants 650,000 euros to Mauritania to tackle malnutrition [Source: World Food Program News]

19/08/2010 - Aid workers increasingly in firing line [Source: World Food Program News]

30/07/2010 - New books – July 2010 [Source: Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog]

06/07/2010 - Fighting sand encroachment: Lessons from Mauritania [Source: The New Agriculturist - news and developments in tropical agriculture for a global audience]

FAO related information sources in the country:

Government of Mauritania

Land border countries:

Algeria | Mali | Senegal

Geographic and Economic groups:

Africa | Arab Maghreb Union | Community of Sahel-Saharan States | Council of Arab Economic Unity | western Africa

Group members of Africa

Group members of Arab Maghreb Union

Algeria | Libya | Mauritania | Morocco | Tunisia

Group members of Community of Sahel-Saharan States

Group members of Council of Arab Economic Unity

Group members of western Africa