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Describe any five features of planation agriculture practised in different regions of the world.

Answer:

Main features of plantation agriculture practiced in different regions in the world:

(i) Plantation agriculture was introduced in the tropical lands by Europeans and North Americans primarily in the colonies ruled by them.

(ii) Plantation crops are coffee, tea, banana, sugarcane, pine apples etc.

(iii) Estate for plantation are of very large size, sometimes running into the thousands of hectares.

(iv) It requires large capital investments, managerial and technical support and scientific method of cultivation.

(v) The labour are supplied by local peole at cheaper rates while technical and skilled assistance comes from tem-perate lands.

(vi) Cheap transport is required to link the estates with factories and markets for export of products.