Factors Affecting The Cultivation of Commercially Plants

For many centuries, plants have become one of the most important parts of human life. People grow plants as source of food, medicine, and decoration. Plants which have highest values to human life tend to be grown commercially. However, there are certain factors that cause them to be grown in some countries but not in others. These factors are the habitat of the plant and the culture of people.

Habitat is the place where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows. Each habitat provides specific environmental and physical conditions such as temperature, humidity, soil, rainfall, and pollinator agent favorable for specific plants to survive. Suitable temperature, humidity, soil, and rainfall will help them to produce enough energy for their optimum growth, while the presence of pollinator agent will help them reproduce more efficiently. If one of those components is not suitable for the plants, their growth will not be optimum and the worse situation that could happen is the death of the plant. That is what could happen when plant from tropical countries are being grown in sub-tropic countries or vice versa.

The Culture of people in a country is also the reason why some plants are grown commercially in some country but not in others. As an example, wheat is one of the plants that are naturally found in Western countries. The people of the Western countries are used to eat food derived from wheat. That is why; they prefer wheat as their carbohydrate source. As a result, the demand on wheat in Western countries is higher than any other carbohydrate-rich food source, resulting in the cultivation of this plant commercially. This condition will be different if we are talking about Asian people who prefer rice as their carbohydrate source.

The habitat of plants and the culture of people are two factors that affect the cultivation of plants in a certain place. Suitable habitat will help plant to produce optimum energy for their growth and the culture of people will influence the demand on that plant. Combinations of both factors will lead certain plants to become more commercially grown in some countries but not in others.