Answer:
The commercialization of agriculture was yet another result of the British economic policies in India towards the end of the 18th century. The peasants had to pay revenue in cash. To be able to pay cash, they had to sell off their harvested crops. The peasant did not get a proper price for his produce. He had to sell at a low price to get cash. This led the farmers to grow cash crops which got him more money. Cash crops like tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, tea, coffee, jute, oilseeds, pepper, cinnamon and indigo were sold in the market for ready cash. The peasants resorted to growing these instead of food crops to fulfill the demand for cash revenue. There was a change from cultivation for self-consumption to cultivation for the market, from grains to cash crops.
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