A strong case can be made that the causes of extreme poverty in Burkina Faso lie beyond the control of its own government. Exports of the dominant cash crop are undermined by U.S. cotton subsidies, local industries are run down by rules imposed by international financial institutions, and shoestring agriculture is threatened by climate change.
© Jaspreet Kindra / IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 12 (IRIN) - Did you know that agriculture contributed 42 percent of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008, more than double the 20 percent of revenue that oil brought into the national coffers?
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