cash crops
Profit-driven plantings
Cash crops are agricultural products grown specifically for sale rather than for the farmer's own use.
The term distinguishes commercial farming from subsistence farming, where families consume what they grow.
Cotton, tobacco, coffee, and sugarcane are classic cash crops.
The phrase sometimes carries critical undertones, suggesting exploitation of land or labor for profit: Colonial powers forced farmers to abandon food crops for cash crops.
Plant fiber for textiles
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
cocoa · rubber · soybeans · palm oil · bananas · rice · wheat · corn
Gain exceeding expenditure
- revenueBusiness income total
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- capitalWealth used for investment
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
returns · yield · commercial agriculture · agribusiness · landowner · plantation economy · colonial trade · market demand
Fostering growth through care
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
fertilizer · pesticide · acreage · yield · tillage · seedling · transplanting · agronomy
Foreign-bound sale
- marketVenue for trade
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- commodity exchangeMarket for trading raw goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
wholesale · distribution · importers · exporters · freight · logistics · futures · supply chain
Loss of ground fertility
- biodiversity lossReduction in species variety
- plantation systemLabor-intensive colonial farming model
- intensive farmingMaximizing yield per acre
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
environmental impact · water usage · chemical dependency · sustainability · agroforestry · diversification
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
tea · cocoa · rubber · soybeans · palm oil · bananas · rice · wheat · corn · jute
profit
Gain exceeding expenditure
investment · returns · yield · commercial agriculture · agribusiness · landowner · plantation economy · colonial trade · market demand · livelihood
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
sowing · fertilizer · pesticide · acreage · yield · tillage · seedling · transplanting · agronomy · horticulture
export
Foreign-bound sale
- marketVenue for trade
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- commodity exchangeMarket for trading raw goods
shipping · wholesale · distribution · importers · exporters · freight · logistics · futures · supply chain · broker
soil depletion
Loss of ground fertility
- biodiversity lossReduction in species variety
- plantation systemLabor-intensive colonial farming model
- intensive farmingMaximizing yield per acre
deforestation · environmental impact · water usage · chemical dependency · sustainability · agroforestry · diversification
- Colonial BurundiGerman East Africa, German occupation, colonial rule, colonial administration, colonial borders
- Latin American Economicsimport substitution, debt crisis, hyperinflation, foreign debt, export economy
- agriculturefarms, farm, farmers, farming, cattle ranching
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- cropsmaize, wheat, rice, corn, potatoes
cash cropssubsistence agriculture
Farming for household consumption
smallholder farming · peasant farming · traditional farming · traditional agriculture · autarky
cash cropssubsistence farming
Growing food for household
sustainable agriculture · agroecology · permaculture · traditional agriculture · regenerative farming
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