Crops in the vast sector of agriculture can be broadly divided into two categories: cash crops and food crops. Both play their roles in an agricultural economy; however, both have uniquely ...

The volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists, policymakers, and the world ...

With its high heat tolerance and low water use (80% less than some traditional crops), the cactus pear could provide fuel and food in regions where crop production previously hadn’t been ...

"They grow within rainfed agroecosystems and deeply understand the value of maintaining a healthy mosaic landscape—one that ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — Chestnut trees are a fast-growing perennial cash crop with ready markets that some estimate hold the ...

“I think a key point to the camelina is we’re not going to replace any of our food production acres ... for farmers to see a second cash crop. And it’s not just one crop -- but a multitude ...

For these reasons, cover crops give weeds plenty of competition while alive and as a mulching effect while dead. They also offer a protective cover for land once a cash crop is removed.

Farmers in Aponmu community, Akure South Local Government Area, of have protested destruction of their farmlands containing both food and cash crops by suspected land grabbers. The protesters who ...