Plantation

Plantation

Agricultural activities in India are the most important and primary sector of the economy. It only creates employment facilities and opportunities in rural India but also creates a good sum of revenue for the country. Similarly, we bring you to a type of farming which is known as plantation farming. Plantation farming is typically a type of commercial farming in which a single or only particular type of a plant or crop is grown for say tea, coffee, banana, or cotton and plantation farming is mainly practiced for commercial purposes to provide and sell the crops in the market.

Plantation agriculture is an extensive type of agriculture where the large size of the farm is utilized to grow a single crop which is even known as monoculture. The farming practice known as "plantation agriculture" involves the production of crops on a vast scale for financial gain. Although they can be found everywhere in the world, plantations are more frequently found in tropical and subtropical areas. Plantation agriculture is a type of business cultivating where generating profit is a motive by growing crops. The way crops developed for profit implies that large land expected to make plantation farming fruitful. This cultivating found in regions that experience heat and humidity. Plantation has a connection point between farming and industry.

 

Characteristics of Plantation Farming:

• Commercial plantation farming extensive farmland implied for cultivating mostly cash crops for the worldwide market.
• In plantation agriculture, single yields of tea, sugarcane, espresso, elastic, cotton and bananas developed on huge fields.
• A huge workforce and capital needed in commercial farming and plantation farming.
• Transportation needed to move these harvests to manufacturing plants for handling.
• Most recent innovation and current strategies for plantation farming crops utilized. In this sort of development, crops exported and foreign exchange for the other parts. Tea, espresso, sugarcane, elastic and are a few harvests that are developed.
• This practice required heavy capital.
• It is labor intensive farming in India.
• In this farming, crops are grown with high mechanisms.

                        

Importance of Plantation Agriculture:

• Plantation agriculture is a type of source of employment.
• It generates government income through charges and different duties.
• It provides foreign trade to the economy.
• This agriculture increases modern development by arranging unrefined substances, mainly agro-based businesses.
• It encourages agricultural development and research.

 

Advantages of Plantation Agriculture:

Ø   Plantation agriculture is a source of employment.

Ø   Plantation agriculture is a source of government revenue and taxes generation.

Ø   Plantation agriculture leads to foreign exchange reserves.

Ø   Plantation agriculture promotes agricultural and research development.

Ø   Plantation agriculture leads to infrastructural development.

 

Disadvantages of plantation agriculture:

Ø   The displacement of people from their land which makes them landless is a result of plantation agriculture

Ø   Plantation agriculture is leading to deforestation.

Ø   Plantation agriculture leads to the multiplication of pests and diseases

 

Conclusion:

Plantation is the key to save the earth from pollution. This is why many countries have now started to concentrate on increasing the rate of tree plantation to make the earth a safer place to live for the future generation. Every country should aim to increase afforestation rather than deforestation. Tree planting is cost-effective, thus making it simpler to achieve the goal of making the earth a safer place by making it free from pollution. The effects of climate change can also be controlled by increasing the rate of tree plantation. Tree plantation is significant because it is linked to our basic need for good food to eat and clean air to breathe. Aside from these necessities, they preserve biodiversity, conserve water, preserve soil, and control climate, among other things. 

Tree plantation is important because it provides fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other foods for the survival of life on Earth. They are the producers and the source of food energy for all living things to survive, as they are at the bottom of the food chain. Aside from this basic need, tree plantation is important for humans to meet their medicinal needs, fodder for domestic animals, household tools, fuel, and so on. Trees provide clean air for living beings to breathe and generate energy. The importance of plantations for a healthy life free of suffocation and pollution cannot be overstated, particularly in urban areas. The importance of tree plantation in preserving biodiversity and balancing the ecosystem cannot be overstated. Trees provide a natural habitat for many different species. A diverse and healthy ecosystem revitalises the land and life on Earth. Trees are also known for their ability to hold soil and prevent erosion. The topsoil of the earth is washed away by water during rain and floods. The roots of the trees play an important role in preventing erosion of the topsoil.