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,
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
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
Plantation
…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…
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.