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Sudan’s suffering economy

October 16th, 2006 · 16 Comments

            Agriculture is the major resource that Sudan finds to make money.  Agriculture makes up about 40% of Sudan’s GDP which is a problem because they rely too heavily on agriculture.  However the agricultures suffer in Sudan because the weather there is not great for growing crops.  In Sudan it gets very hot and goes [...]

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Tags: Africa · Economics (Africa)

October 16th, 2006 · 4 Comments

   The economy of Ethiopia is basically based on agriculture. The major agricultural export crop is coffee which takes up about 65-75% of how much money they make in exports. They export about 105,000 metric tons of coffee each year. Currently coffee contributes 10% of Ethiopia’s GDP. Other exports include live animals, gold, hides, pulses, [...]

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Tags: Africa · Economics (Africa)