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National Geographic : 1979 Sep
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Grenada's economy rides on the fortunes of its farmers-work-hardenedmen like this landholder (above). They rely on donkeys, hoes, and machetes to cultivate and harvest plots of less than two acres.Even so, agricultureyields 15 milliondollars in exports yearly. Bananas (right, above), plastic-bagged on the tree to discourage bruisingand insects, rank third behind cacao and nutmeg (right), Grenada'slargest cash crops. The red fibers coating the nut are sold as mace, anothervaluable spice. 418 National Geographic, September 1979
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