define plantation agriculture explain the characteristics of plantation agriculture
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This is a type of agriculture which involves growing and processing of a single cash crop purely meant for sale. Rubber, tea, coffee, spices, coconut and fruits are some of the important crops which come under the category of plantation agriculture. Features : (i) It is a single crop farming.
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Plantation is a type of commercial farming where a single crop is grown on a large area. The following are the four characteristics of plantation.
Plantations have very large areas.
Capital-intensive inputs are used.
Migrant labourers are used.
All the produce is used as raw material in respective industries.
The development of plantations is the result of a well-developed network of transport and communication, connecting plantations to markets