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The global agricultural economy had taken shape in 19 century explain

Answer 1

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big changes taken

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Examine the main features of global agricultural economy that emerged around 1890

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Examine the main features of global agricultural economy that emerged around 1890

CBSE Class 10

CBSE Class 10 Social Science

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Jun '16

(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.

(v) As urban centres expanded and grew the demand for agricultural products increased pushing up food grain prices. Food now could be imported from other countries in large cargo ships

Answer 2

Food production and consumption was the main reason for the rise of global agricultural economy.The Corn Laws in Britain were abolished which opened up routes for the import of food grains. A new world economy began.The import of food in Britain led to the fall in prices of food grains and increase in consumption.There was a huge demand for agricultural commodities in Britain. Hence, all over the world land was cleared up to meet the rising demands in Britain.The need for agricultural labour also increased. Migration started to take place due to this changing economic order.

Examples of the global agricultural economy by 1890 were

1. Tea was exported from India to Britain.

2. Cotton was exported from countries like Egypt and USA to the textile mills of Britain.

3. Foodgrains like wheat was exported from countries like Argentina, Australia and USA to European countries.