Post #2

About half of the people in the Republic of Congo live below the poverty line.  There may be many causes for this poverty.
Some may blame the poverty on the low agricultural productivity.  Most of the country's people use old-fashioned, traditional means of farming.  They use improvised fertalizer, seeds, and planting materials.  These bad farming conditions end up in poor resluts when it comes time to harvest and results in bad profits for the farmers.

Another cause for the poverty may be the violence.  For over ten years, the country has been engulfed by violence.  A war in 1998-2002 resulted in extreme violence.  Many have lost lives despite a peace treaty, signed in December, 2002.     

http://www.theirc.org/where/congo
http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/congo