These are high-value crops we're talking about here with a high labor requirement.
However, the volatility of the sugar industry forced the province to shift, albeit slowly, to other high-value crops and alternative industries.
It feeds on a large number of high-value crops and ornamental plants in its immature and adult life stages.
This fact, and the proximity of markets, explains why farmers close to urban areas tend to diversify into high-value crops.
Farmers have adapted by significantly improving irrigation efficiency and shifting even more land into the production of high-value crops.
"It is no longer potato-based, it is based on high-value crops."
For us, growing grapes, it's the holy grail of high-value crops.
Low flow systems are expensive for large-scale agricultural use and are predominantly used for high-value crops.
Thus, tradable rights may also encourage agricultural production of more high-value crops and/or less water-intensive crops.
These, like all flowers, are considered high-value crops because new stems will continue to emerge throughout the season.