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>>62033591
I mean, to be fair, while they're probably worked by the natives, the local chocolate plants in Kenya are probably not owned by the native africans.

>>41874866
Yeah

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The River Raika and other major rivers of the Republic deposit silty material around their alluvial plains and valleys. Making may of the areas near the gentle meanders of the rivers possess good loamy soil for agricultural use. These relatively flat areas are the breadbasket of the Republic and much of the North-West Ailivian Continent.

The flat and fertile West traditionally host the majority of the population and agricultural output, while the frigid North and Barren East mostly consists of wide, open pasture lands between the rolling hills and few farms that feed the population centers.

The three main staple crops in the Republic are wheat, potatoes and rice.

Wheat farming has the longest history in the Republic. Evolving from simple slash-and-burn fields to the 3-year crop rotation cycle practiced today in many state-owned and communal farms. The fodder created from the rotation process also helps feed farm animals, both for drafting and animal products. Which is a departure from the historical role of the West as being almost a purely horticultural producer that imports cattle from the East, as a part of the epic cattle drives along the banks of the Raika. As the population grew in the East, more land are converted to farmlands as more efficient ways of cultivation, where potatoes are featured heavily alongside other cereal crops like buckwheat and spring wheat. Although the East was described to have sandy loams, which were only productive for potatoes, some grasslands away from the rivers had developed mollisol, suitable for both planting and pasturing. These factors while differentiating East and West less and less in terms of agricultural output, did allow the population to grow and prosper in the previously improvised East.

In the West especially, impressive irrigation and drainage systems, consisting of canals reinforced with bricks controls the water level before seeds are sown. These irrigation systems are increasingly used for sedentary pastures in the West for the Diary, Wool and Meat industry in the West. Near the Hoshiyomian border, however, the coastal regions are suitable for rice growing. As such, similar systems are modified to supply water for rice paddies, and they are exported to the East and North, along the navigable rivers.

>>38394018
Farmers need the grains to be sufficiently high priced in order to make a profit. If the Reforms succeed the price of grain will drop dramatically as it floods the market in the region. Sure cities would be happy for the dirt cheap bread but the farmers less so. Since Hoshiyomia's grain supply are imported even if some prior trade agreement made it so it's much cheaper it's probably a big source of income for a lot of grain (or any other staple crop) farmers. The culture of the Republic would somewhat suppress the desire to grow their personal wealth but it still means they are earning less and can't reinvest into their farms. I'm still working out agriculture and the potential impact would depend on both government policy and the organization of farms. See the various agricultural
crises over history.

>>37061945
Slaves, especially in the overseas colonies of the european powers, were mainly used for cash crop farming, not subsistence, this is because importing food is expensive, and because it is not a good idea to put the slaves in charge of the production of food, lest the brutal conditions trigger a revolt among other things, of course, serfdom may be considered a form of slavery, but it is different in enough ways to be tipically be considered something else, the legal status of serfs could also be negotiated by the serfs (tipically with the threat of violence) and by the government against the nobles if need came. See: the difference the English crown and the Russian crown had towards serfs.
This division of labor happened in Roman times too, as slaves were preferred for olives and vineyards.

>>37034963
You motherfucker, we coulda had the dva trifecta