Question
Answer the following about the economic geography of nuts, for 10 points each.
[10m] Guinea-Bissau taxes ponteiro orchards, which grow these nuts whose “apples” are turned into wine like Goan (“GO-in”) feni. Women who pick these nuts in Côte d’Ivoire and Vietnam are burned by the caustic anacardic acid of their double shells.
ANSWER: cashews [or acajú; or A. occidentale; prompt on Anacardium]
[10e] State ownership of wild walnut forests was overhauled by the KIRFOR leasing program in this valley, where pistachios grow wild across Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
ANSWER: Fergana Valley [or Ferghana Valley, Fargʻona vodiysi, Fergana öröönü, or Vodii Farg’ona] (KIRFOR stands for Kyrgyz–Swiss Forestry Support Program.)
[10h] Brazil, but not Bolivia, concedes communal rights known by this term in extractive reserves for Brazil nuts and rubber. Papua New Guinea’s betel planters enjoy this type of right to benefit from property they do not damage.
ANSWER: usufruct [accept usufruct rights or usufructory benefits or usufructuary benefits; accept afromentos] (Seringueiros were initially granted usufruct rights for rubber concessions.)
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia B | Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |