Around 30% of Nigeria’s labour force works in agriculture, yet the nation still spends over US$12 billion each year bringing in food. The Nigerian Government wants to cut food imports, but a high birth rate and many small farms could make that hard to achieve.
(a)[2]
Define the term ‘birth rate’.
(b)[4]
Explain two reasons for a high birth rate.
(c)[6]
Analyse the ways in which an increase in the size of farms may affect the cost of producing food.
(d)[8]
Discuss whether cutting imports will always help an economy.
Worked solution & mark scheme
This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: “the number of births per 1,000 people in the country’s population each year” …