coursework. n. 1. (Education) written or oral work completed by a student within a given period, which is assessed as an integral part of an educational course.
More than the infusion of population, colonist John Rolfe's discovery of a profitable cash crop-tobacco-sealed the fate of the Virginia colony. Economically, tobacco became to the Chesapeake what sugar was to West Indies and silver was to Mexico. However, tobacco required a great deal of labor to cultivate.
Identifying and selecting the profitable cash crop plants to grow is the most crucial factor in a successful commercial farming business. Cash crops are simply plants those are grown or managed, harvested and sold for cash rather than for sustenance. In earlier times cash crops were usually only a small part of a farmâs total yield.