industrial crop
noun[C]
PRODUCTIONukusacropthatprovidesarawmaterial(=basicsubstanceused to make something)for use inindustry:
There aregrantsfordevelopingnewindustrialcropstogenerateenergy.
Examplesofindustrial crop
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It was important as anindustrialcropto build nets and lines for catching fish and other marine resources.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In agriculture, tea is important to the economy and is the mainindustrialcrop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Flax was another importantindustrialcropwhat has several uses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The agricultural sector, faced with the same pressures, specialized in two directions: less labor-intensive livestock raising on the one hand, and very labor-intensiveindustrialcropproduction on the other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cotton is grown as anindustrialcrop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Further pressure will arise if substantial areas of land, including grassland, are converted to biomass or otherindustrialcropproduction.
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We should welcome, therefore, the expansion ofindustrialcropactivity and the opportunities provided for diversification.
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There is no mention in the scheme of anyindustrialcrop.
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It is a pureindustrialcrop, with animal feed byproducts.
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Once popular industrial crops like tobacco and cotton are no more popular.
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