Primary Sector of the Economy in a poor country: model.

Look at the following diagram:

Some questions.

  • Who owns the best lands?
  • What crops are cultivated in those lands?
  • Why do you think the staple food is not cultivated there?
  • What type of lands do the small farmers own? Why?
  • What do they grow in their lands?
  • Write a broad definition of "plantation agriculture".
  • Write a broad definition of "subsistence agriculture".