Theory question 110
Nigeria: People and Economy(a) Draw an outline map of Nigeria and on it show and name: (i) one area each for oil palm, cotton and cocoa cultivation (ii) one forest belt and one savanna belt
(b) Explain any four ways in which any one of the crops named in (a) above is important to the economy of Nigeria
(c) What three problems does the cultivation of the crops named in (b) above face?
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(a) Map: oil palm – south-east (Owerri, Calabar); cotton – north (Zaria, Funtua, Gombe); cocoa – south-west (Ibadan, Ondo, Ife); rain forest belt; Guinea/Sudan savanna belt
(b) Cocoa: earns foreign exchange; raw material for beverages, chocolate, cosmetics (cocoa butter); employment for farmers and traders; revenue for government; development of towns and roads in the cocoa belt
(c) Pests and diseases (black pod, capsids, swollen shoot); old trees and low-yielding varieties; fluctuating world prices; ageing farmers and labour shortage; poor processing and storage
Choose one crop for (b) and (c).