During the past five years, the nation of barkeesa began a massive undertaking: teaching farmers how to successfully grow and harvest almonds. The government subsidized the building of almond-processing plants, where private businesses are now producing almond butter and other products of nutritional value. Although the barkeesa government has not completely banned the importation of almonds, it has placed on the number of almond products that the nation can import each year in order to protect barkeesa’s young almond industry.