Agricultural conditions in Europe

In the history of human social development, farming civilization is the earliest form of civilization, and it is also a great leap in human productivity. Farming civilization does not appear out of thin air, but is related to the etiquette system, cultural concept, ecological environment and climate conditions of this country and region. China is a country very suitable for developing agricultural civilization. The climatic conditions here are suitable, and the natural conditions in the Yellow River basin make the soil have strong water-retaining ability, which is beneficial to the growth of crops. In addition to China, such as ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India and ancient Greece are all very famous agricultural civilized countries in history.

There is a saying in Qingcheng Hermit: "Men plow and women weave, and Sang Ma is full of gardens." In ancient China, the small-scale peasant economy with one household as the main body was very popular, which was a major feature of China's traditional economy. Facts have proved that under the feudal autocracy in ancient China, men plowed and women wove promoted economic growth and maintained social stability. However, with the invasion of western colonialists, China's natural economy began to disintegrate gradually and eventually turned into a new economic development model.

In the world, the transformation of economic development mode and cultural integration seem to be the only way for the development of civilization. But on another continent, it is completely different from the rest of the world, and that is Africa. When it comes to Africa, we will think of the black people living there for the first time, followed by some traditional impressions of black people, thinking that Africans are lazy and lazy, which will lead to Africa being so backward. If that's the case, Africans can't even eat, so why not farm?

Environmental characteristics of Africa

To know the answer to this question, we must first look at the geographical location of Africa. From the map, most parts of Africa are located at low latitudes, and even the equator passes directly. A very simple truth is that it is hot in the equatorial region and cold in the polar region, and the overall temperature decreases from the equator to the polar region. Almost all of Africa is located in low latitudes, which means that it has a tropical climate, which is either hot or rainy all year round. It is very difficult to develop agriculture under such climatic conditions.

In China, why is the Northeast called the granary? This is because Northeast China has a very typical temperate continental climate, that is, the days are long and the nights are short in summer, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and most of the time is in the daytime 24 hours a day, and crops are photosynthetic for a long time. Therefore, the crops in Northeast China have large output and good taste.

However, it is obvious that Africa does not have such climatic conditions as ours. Both severe high temperature and frequent rainy season have an impact on crops in Africa, so it is very difficult to develop agriculture. Africa is not suitable for growing crops, which is understandable in ancient society. But in modern times, with the continuous growth of science and technology, various technical means such as greenhouse planting emerge one after another. Obviously, this is not the main reason for the backwardness of agriculture, so why are they not willing to farm? Just look at what grows on the ground.

Africa is a continent rich in resources. Africa is a vast country with rich mineral resources. Although some resources here were robbed by western invaders in the16th century, there are still many precious minerals left here, which is why when people talk about Africa, they always regard it as a treasure house with infinite treasures. Both diamonds and oil are abundant in Africa.

But even so, it seems that this is not the reason for them to continue like this. This is because although Africa is the birthplace of mankind, it has become the poorest and backward continent in the world in modern times. It has not introduced any advanced technology and has no salary conditions for retaining skilled personnel, which has led to Africa falling into a vicious circle. They don't have enough strength to attract talents themselves, so they don't have advanced technical means, which leads to their poverty dilemma, and no one can ever take them out. This is why Africa's development has not improved in the past hundred years, and a few rich and capable families have emerged, all thinking of immigrating as soon as possible, rather than staying in the local area to build Africa.

Special soil in Africa

We often say that the fate of mankind is the same. In this world, some countries and regions have a relatively high level of development, and some regions have a relatively low level of development. Africa is undoubtedly the relatively low one. Africa's development is facing difficulties, and we naturally give them a lot of support and help. But judging from the current situation, our help doesn't seem to have played a particularly effective role. Africa still has not achieved full development, and there is still no big change compared with the past. We all think that Africans can't even eat, but there are few famines here, and it seems that food can be made for no reason. Why? Africa is synonymous with poverty and backwardness. Why don't people here farm?

In addition to the local special climatic conditions, the soil caused by climatic characteristics also has a great relationship. Most of the soil in China is loess, which is very suitable for planting crops, but the soil in Africa does not have this characteristic. African soil is not yellow, but crimson, that is, red soil. The reason for this color of soil is that Africa is hot and rainy all the year round, and the leaching effect of rain is very obvious. The salt substances in the soil enter the deep groundwater under the scouring of rain, and the salt content increases continuously due to the increase of temperature. This leads to the double growth of oxides such as iron and aluminum in the soil, which makes the soil organic matter content relatively low and the whole soil is acidic. No matter what crop seeds are placed in this soil, it is difficult to take root and sprout, and naturally there is no way to develop agriculture.

It should also be noted that the infamous triangle trade was launched in the16th century. With the opening of new shipping routes, the development of capitalism and the capitalist's crazy thirst for profits, these slave traders in Europe transported cheap salt, cloth and other items to Africa in exchange for slaves, and then transported them to America in exchange for local crops and industrial raw materials. In this trade activity that lasted for more than 300 years, blacks were deprived of their right to exist and regarded as cheap goods, which led to the sharp decline of African population in the past 300 years, and even now it has not been alleviated.

Africa has a small population. In the past few hundred years, Africa's mineral resources, all available wealth, were forcibly plundered by Europeans until the end of World War II. It is precisely because of the influence of these hundreds of years of history that Africans are unwilling to struggle any more and just want to muddle through every day. This idea in their bones is hard to change.

gift from above / matana mishamayim

In addition, Africans also have gifts from heaven. Actually, just look at what grows on the ground. Because Africa is basically a tropical climate, which is not conducive to the development of agriculture, but this does not mean that all crops can't survive here, and fruits can grow well here. In addition, there is a very special bread tree here. This kind of tree doesn't need to be managed at all. Just pick the fruit from the tree on a fixed day. Although its name is bread tree, it doesn't mean that bread grows on it, but that the fruit on this tree tastes like bread.

To sum up, although agriculture in Africa is difficult to develop, the fruits in Africa are excellent. Even if the local people don't farm all year round, they just need to go to the dense rainforest to pick food, and because of the abundant local light, most of the fruits here are very delicious. Therefore, they naturally don't think about hard work and farming.