It said around half the 140, 000 people living in the camps are in flood-prone rice fields and low-lying coastal areas.

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Mr. Stryjewski likes to use long-grain Louisiana rice sourced from fields west of the city and around Lafayette.

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The countryside around here forms some of Mali's richest farmland - flat fields of corn and rice interspersed with big fruit trees.

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On the street, mopeds clatter past and children wave from the backs of pick-up trucks, while in the fields beyond the village, evening shadows fall across the rice paddies and rubber trees.

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