Testing: New Agriculturalist: Country Profile - Mauritius

This article was published by New Agriculturalist in November 1998. Click here to access the whole article.Mauritius is a small, but densely populated island situated in the Indian Ocean, about 500 miles (800km) east of Madagascar. The island consists of a series of volcanic hills rising to a height of between 2000 and 2600 ft (600 - 800m) with a fringing coastal plain. The country has a