Since the agriculture improved on the countryside it means that the people in the town improved with better quality of produce.
Effort to decrease the federal budget deficit
One of the messages being portrayed through touch is a message of comfort. The women in the blue shirt has a gentle hand laid on the women crying, and this is a way of comforting the woman in the pink shirt. The woman in the pink shirt is also communicating that she needs/wants comforting by leaning into the woman in the blue shirt. I hope that helps!