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l'enclavement interieur

English translation: poor water management and landlocked location


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French term or phrase:l'enclavement interieur
English translation:poor water management and landlocked location
Entered by: Angel_7
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16:33 Oct 11, 2006
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French term or phrase: l'enclavement interieur
Les principales causes (de la production alimentaire au Tchad): la non maitrise de l'eau et de l'enclavement interieur

Does this mean: poor management of water and interior enclosure? What could be meant by interior enclosure?
Angel_7
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:42
poor water management and landlocked location
Explanation:
I'm pretty sure that's what this mean. Chad is a landlocked country with no outlets to the ocean.
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Karen Tucker
United States
Local time: 17:42
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Summary of answers provided
4interior isolation/hemmed-in position
Carol Gullidge
4poor internal communications, poor transport infrastructuresxxxBourth
4poor water management and landlocked locationKaren Tucker


  

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poor water management and landlocked location


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure that's what this mean. Chad is a landlocked country with no outlets to the ocean.

Karen Tucker
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poor internal communications, poor transport infrastructures


Explanation:
"enclavement" refers to poor access, whether by sea or any other means. In this particular instance it means that there are no reliable all-season means of transport for taking produce from areas where it is plentiful (assuming they exist) to areas where it is not.

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
interior isolation/hemmed-in position


Explanation:
either isolation or hemmed-in position. Chad is pretty hard to get to (I've lived on both sides of it!)

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Note added at 51 mins (2006-10-11 17:25:01 GMT)
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by isolated, I meant it's hemmed in by mountains, etc,

inaccessible

Carol Gullidge
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