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Belgium has a population of over 11.4 million. Only a small percentage of the country’s active population engages in agriculture, and agricultural activity has continued to shrink, both with regards…

Benin has a population of over 10 million. Around 70% of the working population depends on agriculture. Benin has produced yams, cassava, corn (maize), millet, beans, and rice since the…

Brazil has a population of more than 200 million people. The agriculture and food sector in Brazil accounts for 5-10% of gross national income. It employs from 10-15% of the country’s working…

Bulgaria has a population of over 7 million. Agriculture accounts for less than one-tenth of the national income of Bulgaria. Cereal crops are grown on almost three-fifths of the sown land. Wheat is…

Burkina Faso has a population of over 19.5 million. About nine-tenths of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture or livestock raising. The majority of agricultural production consists…

Burundi, a landlocked country, has a population of over 11 million. Agriculture is the country’s main industry, with industrial activities accounting for less than one-fourth of the GDP. Coffee, in…

Cameroon has a population of over 24 million. Cameroon’s economy depends heavily on the sale of its products on the world market. Fluctuations in the global prices of its primary goods—petroleum and…

Chile has a temperate climate in the Atacama Desert in the north, a Mediterranean climate in the central and fertile central valley region, cool and damp climate in in the southern low coastal…

Cuba has a population of over 11 million. Arable land covers nearly one-third of Cuba. The soil is highly fertile and it allows up to two crops per year. However, the highly variable nature of…

Ecuador is one of the world’s most environmentally diverse countries, with a population of over 16 million. Agriculture has traditionally employed a large proportion of the population. There is a…