plantation agriculture

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meaningsofplantationandagriculture

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plantation
noun[C]
uk
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/
a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop ...
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agriculture
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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Overvalued exchange rates, lack of funds to invest in parastatal agriculture and weak international prices causedplantationagricultureand timber production to stagnate.
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Few will read this book word-by-word but any serious student ofplantationagriculturewill want to know about it and read parts with care.
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It was a low-wage, not a prosperous, community, based onplantationagriculture.
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That occurs particularly where there is mineral wealth,plantationagricultureor a new product.
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However,plantationagriculturewould ultimately set the state and region behind the nation for decades.
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This made possible export production ofplantationagriculture, as well as tighter military control.
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Somaliplantationagriculturewas of only marginal significance to the world economy, however.
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Near the coast, the soil had more sand and was less useful forplantationagriculture.
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They are a significant example of tabby architecture and represent an industrial component of southeasternplantationagriculture.
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Despite treaties banning local government andplantationagriculture, both activities flourished.
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Major crops include millet, yams and rice, whilstplantationagricultureis extensive on the best soils, producing chiefly cocoa.
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The mahogany trade remained depressed, and efforts to developplantationagriculturefailed.
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In political science, the term "banana republic" is a pejorative descriptor for a servile dictatorship that abets or supports, for kickbacks, the exploitation of large-scaleplantationagriculture, especially banana cultivation.
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It was invested inplantationagriculture.
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