Question

Define cash crop and plantation crop both in eng and hindi.

Answer 1

Answer:

A plantation is a large farm or estate, usually in tropical and subtropical country where crops that are not consumed for food and are grown for sale in distant markets, rather than for local consumption.

such crops include cotton, tobacco, sugarcane, etc

cash crops are the crops which have high value in the international market

such crops include coffee, cocoa, tea, indigo, spices, etc

Answer 2

Answer:

Cash crops

(i) Seasonal cash crops are culti­vated on large farms.

(ii) Carried on where labour is comparatively less.

(iii) Crop is cultivated mainly for the local market in the coun­try.

(iv) Returns from the field are quick but profits are compara­tively less. e.g., cotton, sugar cane. Jute, tobacco.

Plantation crops

(i) Single perennial crop is culti­vated systematically and scien­tifically on large estate resem­bling factory line production.

(ii) Carried on where there is abun­dant cheap labour.

(iii) It is cultivated for export and for the country s market.

(iv) Returns from the field are after 5 to 6 years but huge profits are obtained, e.g., Rubber, tea coffee, spices.

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