Explain six factors which promoted plantation farming in Europe during the Agrarian Revolution

      

Explain six factors which promoted plantation farming in Europe during the Agrarian Revolution

  

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samuel
i) The invention of machines for extensive farming Eg seed drill, iron plough ii) Discovery of fertilizers which led to high yields/manure

iii) Discovery of pesticides and fungicides which facilitates control of crops diseases

iv) Improvement in transport especially the railway which facilitated transportation of bulky goods/farm products and farm workers

v) High demand for food at rapidly growing urban population

vi) Demand for agricultural and industrial raw materials

vii) Reclamation of wasteland - which gave rise to more arable land

viii) Development of new breeds of crops as a result of research in agriculture

ix) Migration of people to towns created room for plantation farming in the rural areas,

x) The enclosure acts/systems pushed people out of the rural areas and created room for plantation agriculture
lemass answered the question on March 19, 2019 at 08:14


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