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Harvesting grain in Central America, where most large-scale agriculture is based on warm-weather plantation crops.
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NARRATOR: Much of the prosperity of Central America is based upon plantation agriculture—the intensive cultivation of warm-weather crops, such as coffee, sugarcane, and bananas, for export.
In efforts to diversify agricultural production, some Central American farmers are planting crops such as corn, wheat, barley, and alfalfa.
In efforts to diversify agricultural production, some Central American farmers are planting crops such as corn, wheat, barley, and alfalfa.
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