Spice Crops
Weiss, Edward (Agricultural Adviser, Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia)
The first authentic record of spice and herb usage is on clay tablets from the Sumarian Kingdom about 3, 000 BC, and many spices were used or imported into Egypt for embalming, as incense, ointments, perfumes, poison antidotes, cosmetics and medicines. Plants that are the source of spices became important cash crops over the centuries, and since their introduction, their uses have multiplied. This has resulted in a rise in consumer demand foll...