Theory question 113
Geography of Africa(a) On an outline map of Africa, locate and name (i) two areas important for fruit farming (ii) two areas important for irrigation agriculture (iii) one important town in each area (b) Outline three conditions that favour fruit farming in any one of the areas shown on your map (c) What three problems face the cultivation of fruits in the area selected in (b) above?
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(a) Fruit farming: Mediterranean North Africa (Morocco/Algeria; town Casablanca, Algiers) and the South-western Cape (Cape Town). Irrigation: Nile Valley/Delta, Egypt (Cairo); Gezira, Sudan (Wad Medani); also Office du Niger, Mali or Sokoto-Rima, Nigeria.
(b) e.g. Cape region: Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and mild wet winters; fertile valley soils; irrigation water; capital and skills; good transport, cold storage and port; overseas markets.
(c) Hilly land limits farm extension; soil erosion; summer drought; pests and diseases; perishability and storage problems; competition and price changes in overseas markets; labour shortage.
Choose one area for parts (b) and (c).