0 a crop that is grown mainly to be sold, rather than used by the people who grew it or those living in the area it is grown in --
1 a crop (= a plant ) grown by someone to sell rather than to eat or use themselves: --
Despite this tax, however, cash crop production continued to expand.
The importance of seed size and colour as selection criteria appears to re-ect the increasingly important role of cowpea as a cash crop.
For many developing countries cotton is an essential cash crop.
Sorghum is both a food and a cash crop.
Selection criteria were strongly in-uenced by market preferences, re-ecting the increasing role of cowpea as a cash crop.
It is grown primarily for home consumption and subsistence, but is becoming increasingly important as a cash crop.
Conversely, small planters maintained their commitment to subsistence on the land while attempting to obtain a surplus from the cash crop.
They also cultivated cardamom that soon became an important cash crop and brought in substantial revenue.
