Cash Crops
Definition
Cash crops are agricultural crops grown specifically for sale to return a profit. These are not typically consumed by local populations but are instead sold domestically or exported internationally.
Related terms
Commodity Market: A marketplace where buyers and sellers trade raw products such as coffee, cocoa (cash crops).
Monoculture: The cultivation of a single crop in a given area. This is often seen with cash crop farming.
Colonialism: Many cash-crop economies were established during colonial times when colonizers would force colonies to produce specific cash crops for export back to the home country.
"Cash Crops" appears in:
Subjects (2)
AP European History
AP US History
Study guides (3)
AP World History: Modern - 4.3 Columbian Exchange
AP World History: Modern - 4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750
AP World History: Modern - 6.4 Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900
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