A huge number of cash crops, such as those mentioned above, have replaced the opium poppy as the Hill Tribes' livelihood. |
Farmers used DDT to protect cash crops like cotton, corn, and apples from a wide variety of agricultural pests. |
They have a fallback in subsistence production and other cash crops, such as cocoa and copra. |
The rather long drought in the district has taken a heavy toll on the cash crops like maize, tomato, capsicum, ginger and paddy. |
Sugarcane, tobacco, and cotton are grown as cash crops, in addition to chilies, oilseeds, and pulses. |
The country is self-sufficient in food production, despite the increased production of cash crops. |