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| Image number: | 1634 |
| Feature : | onion garden |
| Grouping : | cash crops & industrial crops |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 1997 |
| Locality : | Ounjougou |
| Country : | Mali |
| Region - tribe : | Bandiagara - Dogon |
| Physiographic region : | W-African Savanna belt |
| Notice : | Onion gardens are established by putting some earth on bare rocks: here te case of a small garden on Bandiagara sandstone outcrops. Onions are grown for export to Burkina Faso and other regions. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1997 Image 1634. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |