Question

6. What is the difference between food crops and cash crops ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Food crops are any plants intentionally grown with the primary purpose of being eaten by humans or animals. A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. ... The term cash crop is applied exclusively to the agricultural production of plants.

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Answer 2

Answer:

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An agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit is called cash crop and an agricultural crop which is grown for human consumption is called food crop.

Cash crop

The purpose is to generate revenue.

1. Grown for local and international markets.

2. Complex farming methods to increase the output.

3. Involves risks such as a soil degradation, quality of produce and price variability.

4. A lot of emphasis has been put on crop productivity.

5. Need a lot of capital to start.

Food crop

1. The purpose is to meet domestic consumption needs.

2. Grown for local markets.

3. Simple farming methods just to sustain domestic needs.

4. Does not involve many risks since the quantity of produce is low.

5. Not much emphasis has been put on crop productivity.

6. It doesn’t need a lot of capital to start.

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