Previous Year Question

The correct answer is Gambia.

The Gambia has historically had a strong economic and agricultural dependence on groundnut or peanut cultivation. Groundnut has been one of the country's most important cash crops and has long served as a major source of agricultural exports and rural income.

According to the Government of The Gambia, groundnut is the main cash crop and has accounted for a very large share of domestically produced exports. Its cultivation is largely undertaken by small farmers under rain-fed conditions.

FAO also identifies groundnut as particularly important within The Gambia's cash-crop sector. Cereals, groundnut, sesame and cotton are cultivated in the country, but groundnut has historically occupied a distinctive place in its commercial and export agriculture.

There can be confusion with Ghana, which is also a producer of groundnuts, but Ghana is especially noted for cocoa. In the historical economic sense intended by the question, the answer is Gambia.