Question

What impact might a disease that killed camels have had on the economy of Ghana?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

"Camels are vitally important and are used for transport, meat, milk, wool and leather. Camels made it possible to establish trade routes across the Sahara desert, linking West Africa to North Africa."

well first of all, Ghana's economy would suffer horribly because they would lose one of their main transportation systems (for things such as meat, milk, wool, etc).

and I'm not completely sure if this pertains to Ghana, as I'm having a hard time finding a reliable website that only talks about Ghana and camels, but many African countries use camels for their milk, meat, and skin.

"Camel meat, milk (and sometimes blood), are important to many African diets.

Camel's milk is very rich in fat and protein. It's apparently difficult to make cheese from it, but camel yogurt is common and you can even buy camel milk chocolate. Camel milk is the closest you can get to a human mother's milk, with 10 times more iron and three times more vitamin C than cow's milk. It is antibacterial and low in lactose (Source: Huffington Post)."

"Camel leather is used to make shoes, saddles, bags and belts, but unless it's well treated, it has quite a pungent smell."

http://goafrica.about.com/od/africanwildlife/ss/The-Camel-In-Africa-Camel-Facts.htm

I'm not sure what your lesson/textbook says, but from what I've gathered, a disease that kills camels would have an incredibly negative affect on Ghana's economy, as they rely on camels for transporting people and goods, and also rely on their meat/milk for food and skin for items such as shoes, bags, belts, etc.

Answer 3

Good Job @jgirl128 :)

Answer 4

sorry if this isn't very helpful, like I said, I'm having a hard time locating a reliable website that specifically talks about camels in Ghana.

Answer 5

@Awolflover1 thank you!

Answer 6

Yes it helped very much Thank you