Cash crop
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A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate a marketed
A cotton ball. Cotton is a significant cash crop. According to the National Cotton Council of America, in 2014, China was the world's largest cotton-producing country with an estimated output of about one hundred million 480-pound bales (22 billion tonnes).
A farmer harvesting pods from a cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) in Cameroon. Originally native to South America, cacao has become an important cash crop in West Africa, which grows around 70% of the world's supply of cocoa beans.
A tea (Camelia sinensis) plantation in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia
Jatropha curcas is a cash crop used to produce biofuel.
Plantation
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Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house,
Cash crop
…to compete in world markets, except in cash crops that do not grow easily in temperate climates. Africa has realized significant growth in biofuel plantations, many of which are on lands which were purchased by British companies. Jatropha curcas is a cash crop grown for biofuel production in Africa. Some have…
Sugarcane plantation in Cuba during the 19th century
Sugar cane workers in Puerto Rico, 1941
Sugarcane plantation in rural Cuba
Harvesting tea in Bogor, West Java