http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/cash-crops/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/cash-crops/#comment-12058 Jacob Lashback Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:19:01 +0000 http://www.livingrainforest.org/?p=763#comment-12058 What kind of land or plantation would be used to make cash crops? What kind of land or plantation would be used to make cash crops?

]]> http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/cash-crops/#comment-7120 MJ(yes i know hes dead) Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:06:08 +0000 http://www.livingrainforest.org/?p=763#comment-7120 I am doing a project on the tropical rainforests and one of the topics is cashcrops. I saw that in the amazon a lot of deforestation is happening because of a demand for soya beans. Are there any other cash crops like this and how will it affect the tribes? I am doing a project on the tropical rainforests and one of the topics is cashcrops. I saw that in the amazon a lot of deforestation is happening because of a demand for soya beans. Are there any other cash crops like this and how will it affect the tribes?

]]> http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/cash-crops/#comment-603 Karl Hansen Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:29:42 +0000 http://www.livingrainforest.org/?p=763#comment-603 Hi Delia - It's too simplistic to say that cash crops are 'good' or 'bad'. It depends on the context, including factors like what ecosystems the crops are replacing, the crop management system adopted (incl. the sustainability, productivity and longevity of the new cropping system) and who benefits (e.g. local communities or just multinational companies). So the question you are asking is huge and the answer could be the subject of an entire book or more! Hi Delia – It’s too simplistic to say that cash crops are ‘good’ or ‘bad’. It depends on the context, including factors like what ecosystems the crops are replacing, the crop management system adopted (incl. the sustainability, productivity and longevity of the new cropping system) and who benefits (e.g. local communities or just multinational companies). So the question you are asking is huge and the answer could be the subject of an entire book or more!

]]> http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/cash-crops/#comment-589 Delia Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:27:26 +0000 http://www.livingrainforest.org/?p=763#comment-589 What is the pitfall of cash crop plantation? Are all cash crop low quality like the "low-grade coffee"? What is the pitfall of cash crop plantation?
Are all cash crop low quality like the “low-grade coffee”?

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