Potato
📍 MauritaniaClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Potato grows in Mauritania
Zone River
Strip along lefleuve Senegal Moughataa (Department) Keur Macène (Southwest Trarza) in Gouraye (South East Guidimakha). = 350-450mm rainfall. Temperature = 15-45 ° C depending on the seasons. = Wintering seasons (rainy season) from June to September and dry season (October to May). Soils = clayey or silty (Hydromorphic); Brown and sandy (low water retention)
maritime area
It covers a narrow coastal strip (50 km wide) and extends from Nouadhibou to the mouth of the Senegal River. Seasons: rainy from August to September and saisonsèche (October-July) .Températures = 10-35 ° C. Rainfall = 0-50 mm, rarely reaches 100 mm despite the rain and dew winter (December-January). sSols = sandy halomorphic
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