Seventy percent of the enslaved people brought to the new world were used to produce sugar, the most labor-intensive crop.

This was a labor-intensive crop, made possible only by thousands of enslaved laborers, mostly Africans and their descendants.

Planters who grew hemp and tobacco made the greatest use of slave labor, as these were labor-intensive crops.

Saffron was also a labor-intensive crop, which became an increasing disadvantage as wages and time opportunity costs rose.

"Strawberries are one of the most labor-intensive crops, and that is going to be a major loss right there."

Tea is one of the world's most labor-intensive crops, with leaves that need to be harvested weekly for 7 to 12 months of the year.

It was a simple explanation for one of the world's most labor-intensive crops.

They, like many others, cultivated the valuable and labor-intensive crop of Sea Island cotton.

Rice was a labor-intensive crop both in the planting and the harvesting.

Georgia's emphasis on labor-intensive crops such as tea and grapes kept the rural work force at an unsatisfactory level of productivity.