Cash crop

In 1800s, Europeans powers occupied only a few small coastal ports on the African coast. By 1900s, those same powers had divided almost all of the continent among themselves. Those conquests brought about significant Economic changes to those across the continent. Cash crops were one of largest economic changes. In 1800, most subsistence farmers grew all their food to support themselves and families. They grew thing such as maize, yams, sorghum and vegetables. But, those who were cash croppers focus on one single crop to exchange for useful things they may need that cannot be grown in fields. For an example Cotton was one of their popular seller, they would sell the cotton to exchange for food, clothing, and other household materials needed.…

Plantation crops and the Southern Economy The South’s economy wasn't as strong as some people would have thought. Even with the money that the South made from their cash crops, there were 3 reasons why the economy was weak (Economy of the South 36). First, southern farmers mainly relied on tobacco, cotton, and sugar. These were also known as cash crops (Economy of the South 36). Second, since farmers didn’t pay slaves for their labor, their profits turn out to be falsely high (Economy of the…

“Desiree’s Baby” is a literal fiction short story by Kate Chopin that takes place in Antebellum Louisiana. A young girl by the name of Desiree is abandoned who was discovered. Armand Aubigny was the one who found desiree and after that they fell in love and had a baby. The people sense that the baby is different time goes by, they realize the baby skin color is of African descent. Armand thinks Desiree is part black, but she doesn’t accept the statement. Desiree takes the baby and leaves to the…

make more efficient use of natural resources through integrated management of available soil, water, and biological resources combined with external inputs… also referred to as resource effective agriculture” (FAO web site). The central tenet of CA is the combination of year-round soil coverage (cover cropping/mulching) and minimal mechanical disturbance of the soil (no-till/reduced tillage), as well as the use of extensive crop rotations (three crops or greater). Individually these…

Rhetorical Analysis of “Don’t Cash Crop On My Cornrows” Amandla Stenberg utilizes the internet, Youtube, to educate a global audience on cultural appropriation and black and hip-hop culture. Stenberg defines cultural appropriation as the moment when an a outside person completely disregards another culture’s history and allows their actions to lead to racial generalization and stereotyping of the culture the aspects originated from; thus allowing the appropriator to be addressed as trendy…

supplement their slaves lost and they needed some field hands to farm their land for production. Therefore, this created a need and that void was replaced by sharecroppers which is defined as working for a piece of land by a tenant in exchange for cash…

economic rent. Crops with highest rent will always be farmed because they produce high profits for farmers. Von thunen limiting conditions are that the city is situated at the center within an “isolated state”, meaning that there was only internal trade taking place. The land was assumed to be flat without the rivers or mountains that will act as barriers to the terrain. The transport mode that was used to transport the goods to the market was by traditional ox-cart. The climate and the quality…

needs to have more focus put on it because soil health and fertility is arguably the basis for all of our foods and without having healthy and fertile soil, there will be a decrease in the amount of crops produced. But not only is the amount of crops produced affected, the overall nutrient level in the food that farmers are growing is lower than ever experienced. This can all be traced back to the loss in the nutrients in the soil due to various farming techniques that have been being practiced…

As stated previously drought is by the far the most prevalent and dangerous climatic issue in the country, and the United Nations Development Programme has targeted the problem by working to introduce varieties of drought resistant crops to farming communities. Some of the main crops to be introduced are drought resistant strains of cavassa, sorghum, and sweet potato (“Coping with Drought and Climate Change (CwDCC) in Mozambique”). Improving plant science in Mozambique could significantly…

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of changing soil textures and nutrient availabilities upon biomass allocation within Brassica rapus. From the data collected, we can conclude that soil texture and it’s influence upon nutrient availability is significant in determining biomass allocation within B. rapus. In our study, we found that soil texture primarily determined root biomass while the degree of nutrient availability, provided by fertilization, primarily determined…