PLEASE HELPPPPPPPPPPWhat is Bosnia's diet,education,farming,fishing鈥?problems,movement,%26amp;region?I spent several months in Bosnia (Tuzla and Sarajevo) a few years ago as part of the NATO peacekeeping mission, so perhaps I can help a little. I have also included the Wikipedia entry below, which has subsections on Education, Politics, and other issues, as well as helpful links.
Meat appears to be rare (and thus expensive), at least in the areas that I visited, and the native diet is rich in produce--especially bell peppers. Peppers fried in oil until they are crunchy on the outside and tender in the middle was a popular dish. When a family owned a goat or cow, they typically would have one or two people whose full-time job was to guard it so that it wasn't stolen. Many of the houses in the areas I visited were damaged by mortars and machine guns; many were missing part of the roof, windows, and/or walls. However, the inhabitants hung up curtains to protect their privacy, and often, there were satellite dishes and people speaking on cell phones, even in badly damaged buildings!
There was a general lack of employment, so many became self-made entrepreneurs. I met two young boys who spent their days picking berries and putting them in jars, and then selling them on the side of the road to passing American military or civilians. We couldn't eat them, of course, due to regulations, but it's in the American nature to reward such resourcefulness, so they sold the jars nearly as quickly as they could fill them up.
One family I met, I will never forget. There was a very old woman walking through the market in Sarajevo, and behind her followed a dozen children of various ages. Using a translator, we asked her about the children, and she explained that all of her sons and daughters-in-law had been killed in the war, and that now, at 82 years of age, she was the sole provider and caretaker of these twelve children.
Hope this helps a little!
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