Question

How did global agricultural economy take shape by 1890?

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) By 1890, a global agricultural economy had taken shape. It was accompanied by complex changes in labour movement patterns, capital flows, ecologies and technology.

(ii) Food no longer came from a nearby village or town, but from thousands of miles away. Forests were cleared by agricultural labourers of other countries and the land tilled and cultivated by them.

(iii) Railways were specially built to carry the migrant labourers for this purpose or ships to carry labour again could be manned by low paid workers of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbeans.

(iv) As a result of this economy, self-sufficiency of food production almost ended

Answer 2

The main reason for the rise of the global agricultural economy was food production and consumption.

• The Corn Laws in Britain were abolished which opened up routes for food grain imports and led to the emergence of a new world economy.
• The importation of food in Britain led to a fall in food grain prices and a rise in consumption.
• In Britain there was huge demand for agricultural commodities.  Also, the need for agricultural labour. Because of that changing economic order, migration began to take place.
• The food and other goods were being transported by railway buds, for that very reason and by ships that have been largely staffed by low-paid staff from Southern Europe, Asia Africa and the Caribbean Islands in these decades.