All of the following factors have contributed to famine in Africa EXCEPT A. an overdependence on cash crop?

All of the following factors have contributed to famine in Africa EXCEPT


A.


an overdependence on cash crops.


B.


an overabundance of capital.


C.


soaring population growth.


D.


the transformation of fertile land into desert.|||b


Simple explanation below.


a - Cash crops meant that land was taken from the (previous susbsistence) food crops and diverted either to goods such as coffee, or even food crops in demand in the West for export using up valuable water resources at an unsustainable rate. Also the commercial farming techniques have led to deforestation in some areas, and in turn desertification - meaning less land available for food crops for tthe local population. The upshot is greater risk of famine.





b - very few people have died because they had too much money.....





c - with an increase in population comes an increasing demand for food - and when land is infertile or being used for other purposes (such as cash crops) then less land + more mouths = famine.





d - if you have less fertile land to grow food on because it's turned into desert then somebody is going to go hungry...|||Definitely B.|||B is the correct answer.