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Guadeloupe, consisting of a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea, has a population of over 472,000. Tourism is the main source of foreign exchange.…

Guatemala has a population of over 15 million. Guatemala is largely dependent upon traditional commercial crops such as coffee, sugar, and bananas. Agriculture provides employment for about…

Papua New Guinea encompasses half of the world’s second largest island with a population of over 7.86 million. Papua New Guinea’s varied scenery reflects a generally recent geologic history in which…

Guyana has a population of over 735,000. Arable land is laid out in strips between the sea or a river and inland swamps. This land is fertile but acidic. Lost fertility must be returned to the soil…

Israel has a population of over 8 million people, including the populations of the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel after 1967. Israel’s gross national product after 1948 has…

Italy has a population of roughly 60 million people. Today, farms in Italy are largely owned and operated by families. Since World War II, Italy has maintained a negative trade balance in…

Kenya has a population of over 46.7 million people. Tourism and agricultural exports continue to be the major sources of foreign exchange for the country. Agriculture plays an important role in…

Kiribati has a population of around 106,000. Kiribati’s economy depends heavily on the export of phosphate rock, but the country’s deposits have been depleted. Commercial seaweed farming has become…

Laos has a population of over 7 million. The agriculture and food sector in Laos accounts for over 51% of the national GDP and employs over 70% of the population. Only 6% of farmers sell their total…

Malawi, a landlocked country, has a population of over 18 million. Its main industry is agriculture, which employs more than four-fifths of its working population and accounts for one-third of the…