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title: "Why do cash crops benefit landowners but do not help local people?"  
description: "Why do cash crops benefit landowners but do not help local people?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43374/why-do-cash-crops-benefit-landowners-but-do-not-help-local-people  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why do cash crops benefit landowners but do not help local people?

Why do cash crops [benefit landowners](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41763/how-did-reconstruction-benefit-landowners-in-the-agricultural-economy-of-the-south) but do not help local [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health)?


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