The line graph illustrastes the total funds, measured in dollars, allocated to protect crops in Australia, Europe, and Africa in the year 2005, whereas the bar chart depicts the proportion of 3 main causes of damage to plantations – floods, insects, and fires – in the three locations.
Overall, Africa remained as the continent that spent the least amount of money for this program. On the other hand, Europe started with used the most budget at the start of the year, although they witnessed a downward trend, eventually being overtaken by Australia between July and September. In addition, the source of detrimental effects on plants varied across different regions, with floods only affecting Europe, whilst insects and fires consistently appeared in all places.
Africa started with just above 200 millions in the first month, and this figure gradually increased up to approximately 400 millions in July-September, before levelling off to just under 400 millions at the end of the year. Europe’s donation for this project dropped during the span of a year, from a high of almost 800 millions, to almost closing the gap with Africa in December. In contrast, Australia, with just under 600 millions at the start, saw a significant drop in April-June, then climbed dramatically and surpassed Europe in July, finally peaking at about 900 millions in the last month.
Regarding the types of damage, floods only showed a severe impact to the crops located in Europe. Conversely, Australia and Africa were most affected by fires and insects, respectively.