Sentences with phrase «export crops»

And by the end of the 18th century, coffee had become one of the world's most profitable export crops.

Kava is an extremely important export crop for many Pacific islanders.

Ghana is the world's second - biggest cocoa producer, behind neighbouring Ivory Coast and cocoa is Ghana's most important export crop, earning vital foreign exchange for a country.

The economy of Belize was primarily based on the extraction and exporting of mahogany until the early 1900's, when the cultivation of export crops such as citrus, sugar cane, and bananas began to dominate the economy.

Groundwater depletion is embedded in the international food trade, with countries exporting crops grown from overexploited aquifers and setting up potential future food crises if the aquifers run dry.

As AP reports, Almarai is by no means the only company taking advantage of favorable legislation in the U.S. Companies from the UAE, China, and Japan, have also jumped on this bandwagon, buying up farmland in the U.S. and elsewhere and then exporting the crops back home.

After 1980, Chile did indeed begin to break up its large landholdings, but in a way dictated by Chicago monetarists emphasizing export crops wine and vegetables rather than grain to feed its population by a policy of import displacement.

By 2002 the Scotch bonnet was recognized as one of Jamaica's continuing competitive non-traditional export crops.

Sugarcane is grown in a range of environments from northern New South Wales to far north Queensland and is a major export crop for Australia.

He said as much as farmers were desirous of increasing agricultural productivity in the Greater Accra Region the sector has been characterized by destruction of food crops and export crops by alien herdsmen and real estate developers.

By Anna Flávia Rochas and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO, Jan 9 (Reuters)- Southeastern Brazil is getting some rainfall a year after a record drought started, but not enough to eliminate worries about an energy crisis, water shortages or another season of damaged export crops, meteorologists said.

again located in the Stann Creek District, are the third largest export crop.

While chocolate is certainly an important local product, it's not surprising that cacao beans also provide an excellent export crop for Belize.

Rafael Sánchez's paintings made of sugar delicately refer to his Cuban heritage; sugar has been the island's main export crop.

State - sponsored land grabs and repression of activists have increased sharply in Cambodia in recent months, as the country's elite courts investor demand for plantations to grow rubber, sugar and other export crops.

- promotion of export crops, export industries and tourism constitutional guarantees for foreign capital

Antonio added that during the drought of 1988, chiltepíns were so rare that there was no export crop.

To preserve the cherries» high quality, the exported crops are air - shipped to Asia in refrigerated cargo containers.

Getting the nation's 450,000 smallholder tea farmers, who grow 73 percent of the nation's export crop, to adopt sustainable farming methods is a high priority for the government, conservationists, and industry groups alike.

This is welcome news, as over the last 15 years or so, Kenya has been one of the heaviest users of pesticides on its export crops, with around 60 % of its pesticide use on coffee (primarily the large estates).

North Carolina continues to see growth in the export market and now we are preparing to begin shipping our export crop as Egypt is wrapping up.

Cacao is becoming increasingly important as an export crop.

Additionally, two - thirds of the exported crops that depend on non-renewable groundwater are produced in Pakistan (29 percent), the United States (27 percent), and India (12 percent).