WAEC Economics 1991 (August) Theory question 105

Any five, explained:
1. Supplies raw materials to industries (cocoa, cotton, rubber, palm oil, groundnuts, hides).
2. Provides food for the industrial workforce.
3. Provides a market for industrial products (fertilisers, tools, machines, chemicals).
4. Earns foreign exchange used to import machinery for industries.
5. Provides capital/savings and government revenue used to set up industries.
6. Releases labour to industry as farming becomes more efficient.

Five points, each explained.