Question

What ways did the production of agricultural commodities for export create social and political upheavals in coastal areas of Africa? Be sure to explore the peanuts, palm oil and cloves productions in West and East Africa.

Answer 1

Agricultural production specifically palm oil, peanuts and Cloves were largely exported to emerging nations like Sri Kanka, India, Pakistan where major condiment are used. The quality qnd accessibility of these condiments fetched higher prices internationally which gave an additional upheaval to Coastal African diaspora.

Moreover with continued practice of agriculture, stronger community support, government spending and eased norms for exports created an additional demand in large nations as well as Middle east. The cost Leadership of production due to competitive advantage of vast natural resources and climatic conditions helped West Africa to dominate larger nations across glone and substantially raised incomes and spending power to create large scale growth in real GDP.