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Write a short note on plantation agriculture.
Solution
- Plantation agriculture is a large-scale style of agriculture that focuses on one crop. This is referred to as monoculture.
- The crop's quality has been maintained utilizing scientific ways. This style of agriculture is both modern and capital-intensive.
- Because the majority of the work is done by human labour, this style of agriculture is sometimes referred to as labour intensive agriculture.
- Plantation crops, once grown, give production for 10 to 15 years.
- The most important crops are tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, cashew nuts, and spices. For example, rubber plantations in Kerala and tea plantations in Assam.
- Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Caribbean islands are among the major countries that practise plantation agriculture.
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