Discuss the plantation agriculture.
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Plantation agriculture is the form of agriculture where crops plantation are done for profit. Countries that usually prefer plantation agriculture usually experience tropical climate with high annual temperatures and receive high annual rainfall. you need more land for this type of agriculture.
The crop include:-tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, coconut etc.
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==>Planatation agriculture takes place on large estates or farms.These estates were developed in South-East Asia, The caribbean , Central and South America during the colonial period.
==> European countries like UK and the Netherlands set up planatations to grow rubber,coffee,tea,sugar and spices as the climate here is favourable for these crops. These were then exported to meet demands in Europe .
==>Planatations need very large amount of capital for preparing land, planting crop, hiring labour and establishing processing factories. Advanced technology is used for planting and harvesting.
Laboratories are needed to check the quality of the product
==>Planatations yield huge quantities of one crop usually .
For example,
Tea ==> India, Sri Lanka
Coffee ==> Brazil
Rubber ==> malaysia, brazil
Cocoa ==> Ghana
Spices ==> India