Question

What are the characteristics of plantation farming?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Explain the characteristics of plantation farming.

Solution:
Plantation farming:

• Farm size in plantation agriculture is 40 hectares or above.
• This is large-scale agriculture where only a single crop is cultivated.
• As plantation agriculture is practised on hilly tracks, using machines is impossible. Hence local manpower becomes important.
• This type of agriculture does not produce food grains. Only commercial crops like tea, rubber, coffee, coconut, cocoa, spices etc. are planted.
• This type of farming began and spread mainly during the colonial period, and it is practised in the tropics.
• It is capital intensive due to the long duration of crops, use of scientific methods, exportable production, and processing.
• Advanced technology is used for planting and harvesting. That is, this method is both capital and labour-intensive.
• This type of agriculture is practised in India and other south Asian countries, Africa, and South and Central America.