Advantages and disadvantages of plantation farming on geography
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Plantation agriculture refers to the growing of cash crops on large foreign owned estates in countries of tropical environment.
Advantages
1. Since it is usually practiced in large scale, the supply of products is regular and of high quality.
2. It stimulates the rate of urbanization since people derive more income from this type of plantation.
3. It aids in the development of infrastructures and public amenities like roads, schools etc.
4. It improves the standard of living.
5. It serves as a medium of employment opportunities as it employs thousands of laborers.
Disadvantages
1. It is highly export oriented.
2. It relies upon protected markets in Australia.
3. Interest of the people are not sustained in the long run since it was developed by outsiders.
4. Plantation farming is not good for ecology. Over-exploitation and absence of crop-rotation depletes soil fertility and increases soil erosion.
5. It produces only one product e.g tea, coffee etc.
Advantages
1. Since it is usually practiced in large scale, the supply of products is regular and of high quality.
2. It stimulates the rate of urbanization since people derive more income from this type of plantation.
3. It aids in the development of infrastructures and public amenities like roads, schools etc.
4. It improves the standard of living.
5. It serves as a medium of employment opportunities as it employs thousands of laborers.
Disadvantages
1. It is highly export oriented.
2. It relies upon protected markets in Australia.
3. Interest of the people are not sustained in the long run since it was developed by outsiders.
4. Plantation farming is not good for ecology. Over-exploitation and absence of crop-rotation depletes soil fertility and increases soil erosion.
5. It produces only one product e.g tea, coffee etc.
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Advantages:
*The huge capital invested by entrepreneurs often pays off. An under-developed economy gets transformed to a dynamic economy.
*Lot of manpower is involved. This lessens the problem of unemployment.
*Because this farming is export oriented, the overall volume of exports increases that in turn brings in more revenue to the country.
Disadvantages:
*As outsiders are involved in plantation farming, interests of the locals are not considered.
*Only one product is produced and is sold in external markets. Therefore, locals may not have enough of this product to meet their needs.
*If crop rotation is not done, this kind of farming can cause soil erosion and infertility.
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