Plantation Agriculture

Amrutha
Introduction
• Plantation Agriculture is a form of
commercial farming where crops are
grown for profit.
• It was introduced by the Europeans in
the tropical and subtropical regions.

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 This type of agriculture needed :
• Large land areas called ‘estates’
Needs • Cheap and skilled labor
• Lot of investment
• Tropical climate with high annual rainfall.

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Plantations
• Mostly crops of tea, coffee, sugarcane,
rubber, banana and spices are grown.
• They are managed like industrial units.
• Examples of such farming are the
rubber plantings in Malaysia, Coffee
plantations in Brazil and Banana
plantations in West Indies.

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Video for reference

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 Video
For reference
(This is the same video as in the before slide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCTpN1w9Ka8
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