Explain four major features of global agricultural economy that had taken shape towards the close of nineteenth century.
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Answer:By 1890, a global agricultural economy had taken shape, accompanied by complex changes in labour movement patterns, capital flows, ecologies and technology.
(i) Food no longer came from a nearby village or town, but from thousands of miles away.
(ii) It was not grown by a peasant tilling his own land, but by a recently arrived agricultural worker.
(iii) Food was transported by railways built for that very purpose, and by ships manned by low-paid workers from Southern Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.
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: a. To meet the growing needs of the population, more and more land was brought under cultivation. Food was grown not only in native lands but was also exported from other countries, interconnecting economies.
b. With increased urbanisation, demand for food grains and other agricultural products increased.
c. Land became to be cultivated not only only by indigenous peasants but by hired workers brought in from Asia, Africa.
d. With the growth in British industrial economy, incomes also rose which increased the demand for food, agricultural products.
e. To meet the growing demands food was grown in Europe, Russia, America etc.
f. New modes of transportation railways, ships, ports were built to connect agricultural regions with ports and cities.