Creative writing vol 19 ||Farming || The quality and quantity of crops grown in my community by nafisatu

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Creative writing vol 19 ||Farming || The quality and quantity of crops grown in my community
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Greetings Steem Cameroon 
Hope everyone is doing great ,its another edition of the Steem Cameroon creative writing contest and I’m happy to take part. In this edition sir thegreens decided that we talk about agriculture.
Back in primary school my Geography teacher would always tell us “Agriculture is the cultivation of crops and livestock either for consumption or for commercial purposes. 
Farming is the process or act tilling the soil planting seeds and cultivating edible plants. Raring of livestock can also be referred to as farming. 
Farming can be classified as subsistence and commercial depending on the demand for the products ,the labour which is available ,the level of technology and the geographical conditions of the named area. 
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## Subsistence and commercial Farming
Subsistence farming is also known as primitive farming ,with this type of farming the farmer cultivates crops for consumption by himself and family.
Commercial farming is the cultivation of crops for sale which can either be cash crops or not.

### Cash crops
Cash crops are crops that are grown for its commercial value or for sell. Examples include coffee ,cocoa ,banana ,rubber ,cotton.....just to name a few.
I am in the northwest part of Cameroon ,Bemenda city...Most of the crops we get are grown in Santa

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### The crops grown in my community are;
* Maize
* Beans
* Cocoyam
* Cassava
* plantain
* Banana
* vegetables (tomatoes ,huckleberry ,okro ,carbage , pumpkin leaves ,bitterleaf)
* Irish potato
* Green spice 

## Comparing the past and present situation of crops grown in my community with regard to the quality and quantity of the products.

I can literally say that no cash crop is grown in my community because most of the inhabitants practice subsistence farming and just remove little of what they harvest to sell and afford other basic needs.

### Maize 
Maize is one of the most eaten crops in my community. Average families in my community eat maize or maize products at most everyday and at least  3 days in a week. I can say the quantity and quality of maize production(cultivation) has increased compared to the past production. Due to the crisis in my country there has been some immigration into my community and this has increased the number of youths who are engaged in agricultural activities ,those with experience on agriculture have brought in new ideas and techniques which have increased the quality of the maize produced. Due to this population the demand for maize and maize products has been increasingly high ,increasing the quantity of maize produced. Maize products like pap ,fowl feed ,and even fresh corn when boiled are on high demand. Modern technology like tractors are being used to increase yield. 
With this you can also bare with me that the quality and quantity of maize production has increased as compared to the past.

 ### Beans
Beans is another product that is highly consumed in my community but I can say just the quality of beans produced has increased. The quantity of beans still remain thesame because the demand for beans is not high. The quantity of beans remains thesame or is not increasing because the inhabitants of my community hardly buy beans in bulk because of how easy it takes weevils to get into beans and these weevil destroy the beans in less than no time.

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### How has the quality of Beans increased lately.

Most youths now  go to agric schools (agricultural schools) here they are thought techniques on how to improve crop yield and the control of pest and insects ,they educate their parents back home about the use of these pesticides and insecticides to control the growth of this crop and the outcome is fruitful ,improving on the quality of the beans which is produced.

### vegetables
Vegetables have been on very high demand during this period as there was the outbreak of the  Coronavirus pandemic ,we were advised to eat more vegetables in order to boost our immune system. Due to this most people have become addicted to vegetables increasing the demand for these vegetables giving farmers more reason to increase quantity of vegetables cultivated and also good quality.
For something like tomatoes the quantity produced has decreased because most of it produced is usually soled in neighboring countries like Nigeria ,when there is lock down or the borders are closed there is no exportation and the farmers face a loss so they would now produce or cultivate the tomatoes in smaller quantities and since demand is very high ,the prices are increased and those who can’t afford to buy these tomatoes now go for a second option ,either buying processed tomatoes or not buying the tomatoes at all.

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### Irish potato 
Irish potato cultivated is usually consumed in many different ways either fried or cooked in other ways ,some people process it to make potato chips (Pringles). The quantity and quality produced increases day by day as Cameroon supplies chad 🇹🇩 with Irish potato.

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An overall evaluation would be that the production in quantity and quality of crops in my community has increased compared to the past because more and more people get into farming as the crisis in my country continue to happen.

Thanks for reading 
@majerius
@ndzewiyi-bery
@e-breezie
@burivennjah
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@majerius ·
What a great job there pretty! It's amazing how you brought to light all these stuff in one post. That reminds me of your post you made on your steeemit njangi beneficiary post. How far has it gone?
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@nafisatu ·
Thanks for reading @majerius 
The project is moving slowly ,with the grace of God we’ll get there 
For now we are thinking of the orphanage we’ll visit and in which part of the region...
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@majerius ·
Aight! That all be splendid if yours very cool
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