Agriculture in Guinea
In
Crops
In 1999, the main subsistence crops were
Coffee
Coffee production in Guinea has fluctuated over time due to illegal coffee smuggling that affected the industry before the country's reforms in the early 1980s. In 1999, production of coffee beans was estimated at 21,000 tons, compared to 14,000 tons on average annually from 1979 to 1981.[1]
Agricultural history
Attempts at price fixation affected agriculture in Guinea in the 1970s and 1980s since the independence. The French has reduced their influence in plantations and the removal of the French tariff had affected production in the 1970s at a time when drought was prevalent. During the 1970s and early 1980s, food production declined and agricultural exports fell markedly. In 1984, a year when drought seriously affected Guinea, 186,000 tons of cereal had to be imported to prevent starvation.[1]
Since 1985, free market policies have advocated the decentralisation of state owned plantations and government owned agricultural produce towards localized private smallholders. There are as many as 500,000 operating in Guinea by the late 1990s which reportedly yielded twice as much as the agricultural output than state owned agriculture did in the 1970s, even without financial assistance.[1]
Child labor
In 2013, the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Guinea Agriculture". Nations Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ^ "Guinea, 2013 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor". Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-17.