tropical agriculture
Warm-climate crop cultivation
Tropical agriculture refers to the cultivation of crops and raising of livestock in regions near the equator, where warm temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons shape farming practices.
The term encompasses both subsistence farming and commercial production of crops that thrive in these climates, such as coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, bananas, and rice.
Tropical agriculture faces unique challenges from pests, soil degradation, and increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns.
- cassavaStarchy tropical root vegetable
- mangoSouth Asian stone fruit
- sugarcaneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
- papayaTropical fruit, black seeds
cocoa · monsoon · banana · subsistence farming · food security · drip irrigation · soil fertility · rice · rainfall patterns · humid climate · biodiversity · pineapple · humidity · deforestation · biofertilizers · intercropping · jute · palm