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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 crop from a staple crop ("subsistence crop") in subsistence agriculture , which is one fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for ...
Agriculture in England is today intensive, highly mechanised, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 2% of the labour force. It contributes around 2% of GDP. Around two thirds of production is devoted to livestock, one third to arable crops.
Production (and consumption) of agricultural plant commodities has a diverse geographical distribution. Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production.
In the past week, flowers finally bloomed in FarmVille, bringing a substantial shift to the biggest cash crops in the game. Sunflowers and Lillies have joined the list of the top 10 most ...
Almonds, grown along the southern and the eastern coasts, emerged as another important Spanish cash crop. [2] Almost half of the 1985 crop was exported, approximately 70 to 75 percent of it to EC countries. [2] The "sea of plastic" - greenhouses covering 20,000 ha of the Campo de Dalías around El Ejido and Roquetas de Mar in southern Spain.
The WGSRPD botanical continent of Europe. This category contains articles related to the native flora of Europe. For the purposes of this category, "Europe" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), namely as one of the nine "botanical continents". It includes the following regions:
For years, flowers were grown, seasonally for the specific crop, close to the market in Europe, North America and Asia. However, many crops of the floral industry have moved to a specific climate, typically in the mountains of South America, Africa and China, so certain plants can be grown year around [5] where hand labor is available. [6]
Fresh flowers make up around 10% of Kenya's exports. Kenya is the world's 3rd largest exporter of cut flowers. [11] Roughly half of Kenya's 127 flower farms are concentrated around Lake Naivasha, 90 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. [11] To speed their export, Nairobi airport has a terminal dedicated to the transport of flowers and vegetables. [11]