wha is plantation farming
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it is a type of commercial farming in this type of farming a single crop is grown on a large area.
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Plantation farming is a type of commercial farming.
(i) In this type of farming, a single crop is grown on a large area.
(ii) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.
(iii) Capital intensive inputs such as modern machinery are used with the help if migrant labourers.
(iv) The production is mainly for market and all the produce is used as raw material in respective industries.
(v) It requires well- developed network of transport and communication to connect the plantation areas, processing industries and markets together.
(vi) In India tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana , etc. are important plantation crops.
(vii) Plantation farming is practiced in Assam, West Bengal and Karnataka where crops like tea and coffee are grown.