1. Cameroon
By: Jacob Hamet

2. Background Information
Cameroon first developed during the Bantu Migrations which
occurred over 3,000 years ago.
In 1884, Cameroon became a German colony. In 1914, the British
invaded Cameroon and overtook the Germans. Due to a League
of Nations ruling, France ended up with most of the land.
On January 1, 1960 Cameroon became an independent nation
from France. The Republic of Cameroon was created as a
democracy. Cameroon is politically and socially stable, and has
had the same president since 1982.
The geography of Cameroon includes mountains, plateaus, many
rivers, and a part of the Congo Basin which is a rain forest.
 Mount Cameroon is the highest elevation in Cameroon (13,350
feet).
 The main rivers are the Benue, Nyong, and Sanaga.
The languages spoken in Cameroon are English and French.
Cameroon has developed timber and oil industries. Poverty exists
throughout the country, but it has a very high literacy rate compared
to other African nations.

3. Problem
Croplands do not widely exist in Cameroon.
Crops cannot be grown without cropland and the
population cannot feed itself.
Without farmers and croplands, Cameroon is not able to
grow their own food like wheat, fruits and vegetables.
Therefore, they must rely on other sources for their
food.

4. Possible Solutions
To solve this problem, Cameroon could trade salt and 130
doctors for land containing cropland from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. Cameroon can trade salt because
Cameroon is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic
ocean contains a lot of salt. Cameroon could also trade
doctors because the country has a high literacy rate and as a
result many doctors. This is a good trade because Cameroon
gets cropland from which Cameroon could make food. This is
bad because Cameroon loses 130 doctors.
Another solution is to cut down a part of its rain forest and to
make this into cropland. This is a good solution because
Cameroon can make food with cropland. This is a bad
solution because if Cameroon cuts down trees then you will
lose oxygen.
The final possible solution is to trade teachers for food.
Cameroon could trade teachers because the country has a
high literacy rate and as a result many teachers. This is a
good solution because Cameroon gets food to feed
Cameroonians. This is also a bad because Cameroon loses
teachers and that could in turn create less people who are
literate.

5. Final Solution
My final solution is to trade Cameroon’s salt and
doctors for cropland. To accomplish
this, Cameroon will trade with The Democratic
Republic of the Congo. Given its geographical
features, The Democratic Republic of the Congo
has excess cropland. This solves the problem of
having no cropland.
Also, Cameroon will trade 100 teachers to
Somalia for a three year period,meaning after
three years Cameroon would get all 100 teachers
back. Cameroon would receive 90 pounds of
fish and 90 pounds of bananas.

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