Agriculture in the Caribbean

Flashcards about agriculture in the Caribbean

In the strictest sense, agriculture is __

The practice of cultivating the land, growing crops, and raising livestock.

A farm is __

An agricultural holding used for growing crops, raising livestock, or both.

__ is farm land that is suitable for ploughing and cultivation

Farm land that is suitable for ploughing and cultivation.

A __ is a farm that has both arable crops and animals.

A farm that has both arable crops and animals.

__ is the leading commercial crop of the Caribbean

Sugar cane

Sugar cane grows best on __

Flat or gently undulating land, warm climate with temperatures averaging 27°C, ample sunshine, rainfall averaging about 1500 mm per annum

Banana crop __

accounts for more than 50% of foreign exchange earnings in the Windward Island group

Daily temperatures for growing bananas should vary from __

26° to 31°C

Rainfall for growing bananas should average about __

1750 mm per annum

Some diseases that affect bananas are __

Moco, leaf spot, and Panama disease

Cocoa is grown in __

Trinidad, Jamaica, and in the Windward Islands of St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada.

Growing conditions for cocoa consist of __

Warm tropical conditions about 27°C, a dry, sunny period for harvesting, rainfall of 2000 mm per annum, valleys and the foothills of ranges.

The most common diseases affecting cocoa plants are __

Witch's broom, black pod, and swollen shoot disease

__are the main coffee-growing countries of the Caribbean

Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

The main coffee varieties are __

Arabica and Robusta

The rice-producing countries in the Caribbean are __

Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad

The main growing areas of rice in Guyana are along the coast in the __

Demerara and Corentyne districts