Cart (Plants) - Cart

Japanese: カート(植物) - かーと
Cart (Plants) - Cart

Yemen's coffee, beloved under the name of Mocha coffee, is now produced at less than 10,000 tons. The rapid increase in production of khat, a narcotic tea plant, as a cash crop, is becoming a problem. The country's main exports are cotton, confectionery, biscuits, raw hides and leather, and coffee.

[From Nabi Shuaib Mountain]

…The plateau stretches from north to south, forming the Tihamah Plain, which runs west to the coastline, and the plain that leads to the Rub' al-Khali Desert in the east. Farming is practiced at the foot of the mountain, and terraced fields continue up to the summit, where khat (a tea plant with anesthetic properties) and other crops are cultivated. [Kazuko Shiojiri]. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "khat (plant)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…モカ・コーヒーの名で愛されてきたイエメンのコーヒーは,現在では生産量が1万tを切っている。麻酔性のある茶樹カートが換金作物として急激な増産傾向にあり,問題となっている。おもな輸出品は綿花,菓子,ビスケット,生皮革,コーヒー。…

【ナビー・シュアイブ[山]】より

…高原地帯は南北に延びて西に海岸線へ続くティハーマ平野,東にルブー・アルハーリー砂漠へ続く平原を形成する。山麓では農耕が営まれ,頂上近くまで段々畑が続き,カート(麻酔性のある茶樹)などが栽培される。【塩尻 和子】。…

※「カート(植物)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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