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 * What is the problem?** Citlaly

//Whom-// Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Nigeria’s farmers depend on trading to provide for their families, as well as growing their plants. For the farmers that don’t trade, and depend on growing their food depends on the weather. In certain areas if there are droughts or if it rains to much or make’s the plants not grow well or kill them then that narrows down the food supply for their families, and the traders won’t get what they need to make money (Arnold).
 * Whom does the problem affect, and where?** Kaley

//Where-//In Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia the reason it’s presented in the world as a problem is because international trade occurs (Arnold). International trade is when you exchange of goods and services between countries (Dictionary.com). In //Things Fall Apart,// the reason it is presented in the world as a problem is because of the yams and palm oil the Europeans tried to take from them (19).


 * Why is it a major problem? Ean**

It’s a major problem because people are having a harder time to produce crops to provide for their family. The number of farmers and farmworkers have declined over the years from 10.5 million in 1960 to under 3.5 million in 2000. Governments of many countries have felt it convenient to intervene in agricultural markets, and have resorted to a bewildering array of controls and financial support. These have often led to the accumulation of vast surpluses, which have sometimes rotted in storage and sometimes been sold abroad at subsidized prices (Chrystal). Imperialism/Colonialism did affect the problem both positively and negatively and I will explain why. Imperialism contributed negatively because the British needed food and because most of the food was not purchased but instead grown the British began to take over fields to grow their own food. This caused tension between the Nigerian’s and the British, however luck was on Nigeria’s side. The British, having little experience with growing crops in Nigeria, lost almost all of their crops and were forced to buy food from the Nigerian’s. The British then learned that plowing with an ox helped the seeds to live longer so the British began to do so. The people from Nigeria realized that the British had discovered how to help their crops live longer so they adopted the idea of plowing. Then Christianity came in people began to pray to god for help with growing their food, they abandoned most of their old methods but the people who refused to convert stuck to “the old ways.” People noticed that the people who converted and began to plant like the British grew better, more prosperous and long living plants then they had ever had before. [] []
 * How did imperialism contribute to the problem?-Javier**

Citations:

Herbert, James. __Climate Change and Agriculture.__ 11 4 2011. 4 5 2011 .

__Nigeria Agriculutre.__ 22 January 2011. 16 4 2011 .

__The Problems of Agirculture in Nigeria.__ 24 11 2010. 25 4 2011 .

Citlaly:

P. Watson, DOnald. ""coffee"." //Coffee//. Britannica. 2. Chicago: Britannica, 2010. Print.

Jacob E. Safra. "Cote d'Ivoire" Britannica. 2. Chicgo: 2010. Print

Kaley:

Metaferia, Getachew. "Ethiopia." 5. Illinois: Ohio, 2010. Print.