... on a monocrop, a traditional agriculture. For instance, Cuba and Brazil are reputed for sugar, Africa for coffee and vanilla, Asia for tea and India for spices. A great majority of the population around 70% to 80% are engaged in agriculture and allied occupations whereas in developed countries 15% or even less draw their sustenance from agriculture. This excessive dependence on agriculture is due to ... and exporters of rice and these countries are frequently victim of flood during monsoon season. On the other hand, in Zimbabwe, and other region in Africa, rain may not fall for 2 or 3 d...

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... time high in the Brazilian Amazon in 1995 (29,000square kilometers - an area of about the size of Belgium). The government estimates that 80% of the timber in the region is harvested illegally. As for Brazil's industry, commercial logging is one big cause of deforestation and the demand for ... the world's food crops are based on a mere 9 species of plants, but in the future, any of the thousands of species in the tropics may prove invaluable. The diversity of animal life between the Amazon and its tributaries is equally abundant. Most of it is concentrated in the treetops about 150 feet...

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