the economic resources of cape verde are largely dependent on agriculture and fishing. agriculture frequently suffers the effects of droughts. the most important crops are coffee, bananas, sugar cane, tropical fruits, corn, beans, sweet potato, and cassava. the industrial sector is incipient but is based on the production of “aguardente” (spirits from sugar cane), clothing and footwear, paints and varnishes, tourism, fishing and canned fish, and salt extraction. banana, canned fish, frozen fish, lobsters, salt, and clothes are the main exports. the national currency is the cape verdean escudo. remittances from emigration are another important source of resources for the state of cape verde.