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World Regional Geography
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1: South America: Will South America finally realize its potential in the twenty-first
century? Why?
Yes, South America can finally realize their potential in the 21st century; however, there
are numerous new challenges which are also faced by these countries which were not there in the
earlier centuries. In order to make any kind of significant progress, South America countries
should have a plan to deal with the new challenges. Each of these challenges has to be addressed
in such a manner so that they cannot not only realize their potentials but also grow like the other
developing countries of the world like Russia and China.
In the 21st century, there are numerous new challenges in South America which can be
broadly classified into three categories such as the political, social and economic challenges. The
social challenge of this country is the poverty issue, the economic challenges remains the same
as the 20th century which is increasing competitiveness, and consolidating integration is the most
significant political issues face by the South Americans. The GDP of the South American nations
are much lower than the other developing nations such as India. However, significant economic
growth was observed in countries like Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. These countries
understood their potential much better than the other South American nations like Peru and
Uruguay (Wiarda & Kline, 2018). The employment rate of Brazil is much better than the rest of
the countries, and the economies of the other South American countries are reducing at an
alarming rate. Countries like Argentina is not every much stable as well inspite of realizing its
potential. The monetary policies of the South American countries have to be revised as their
economic conditions are very much dynamic in nature. The state controlled oil firms must be
given a proper roadmap which can contribute more for the development of the South American

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countries. Higher inflation rate is the other challenge which is being faced in the South American
countries Uruguay and Paraguay.
2: Sub-Saharan Africa: What challenges do African farmers face when it comes to food
production? What are the pros and cons of foreign agribusiness?
There are diverse categories of challenges which are faced by the African farmers when it
comes to the production of food (Jouzi et al, 2017). These challenges includes poor agricultural
market places, ineffective transportation facilities, lack of access to advanced fertilizers which
have minimum impact on the quality of the crops, poor financial support from the government
officials, and lack of Information.
Lack of information about the significance of the effective farming practices is the
biggest challenge faced by the farmers of this continent. The African farmers have no idea about
the advanced farming methods or the concept of smart farming. Most of the African farmers do
not have their personal radio devices which are used for communicating with the other
stakeholders of farming such as the supplier of the out-dated tools used by them. High illiteracy
rate of this continent is also one of the significant reasons behind their lack of information. There
are no real financial support systems for the farmers and on top of that most of the farmers are so
poor that they cannot afford the disease resistance seeds (Fowler, 2016). There are no real
training sessions or government assistances to enhance their financial conditions. Land
degradation is the other significant business faced by the African farmers. The remote locations
and lack of proper transportation is also a huge source of concern for most of the African
farmers.