The line and bar graphs show the amount of money spent on the protection of crops and three ways in which land is damaged in Australia, Europe and Africa.
With regard to the amount of money spent on crop protection, a number of features are clearly evident. Firstly, in the months of January to June, Europe spent the greatest amount of money on crop protection (ranging from around $800 to $600 million). For the months of July to December, Australia was the greatest spender with the final quarter (ranging from around $450 to $900 million). Over the total 2005 period, Africa was clearly the region that spent the least amount of money (ranging from around $200-400 million).