agriculture
Picture one: Planting some vegetables. Link: http://aas.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/news/11230272084_43acc751bd.jpg
Picture two: Fish are a big part of agriculture in the Solomon Islands. Link: http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/images5/jrerosion2.jpg
Picture three: A market place. Link: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/08/97/23/the-central-market-of.jpg
Picture four: Another market place. Link: http://www.thetravelword.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Farmers-markets-Gizo-Solomon-Islands.jpg
Picture five:
Picture two: Fish are a big part of agriculture in the Solomon Islands. Link: http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/images5/jrerosion2.jpg
Picture three: A market place. Link: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/08/97/23/the-central-market-of.jpg
Picture four: Another market place. Link: http://www.thetravelword.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Farmers-markets-Gizo-Solomon-Islands.jpg
Picture five:
Total Area: 28,896 sq km
Land Area: 27,986 sq km
Water Area: 910 sq km
Climate Description: tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
Terrain Description: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
Arable Land Use: 0.62%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 2.25%
Irrigated Land: NA
Total Renewable Water Resources: 44.7 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal:
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal:
Natural Hazards description: typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis
Environmental Current Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying
Total Labor Force:202,500
% Of Labor Force in Agriculture: 75%
Agriculture products: cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; fish; timber
Land Area: 27,986 sq km
Water Area: 910 sq km
Climate Description: tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
Terrain Description: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
Arable Land Use: 0.62%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 2.25%
Irrigated Land: NA
Total Renewable Water Resources: 44.7 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal:
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal:
Natural Hazards description: typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis
Environmental Current Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying
Total Labor Force:202,500
% Of Labor Force in Agriculture: 75%
Agriculture products: cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; fish; timber