Describe any five features of plantation agriculture in the world.
Plantation agriculture is a type of commercial farming where a single crop is grown on a large scale.
The features are:
Mono-cropping: A single cash crop like tea, coffee, or rubber is cultivated extensively.
Export-oriented: Crops are mainly grown for export purposes to generate revenue.
High investment: Requires significant investment in machinery, fertilizers, and irrigation.
Skilled labor: Employs both skilled and unskilled laborers for various tasks.
Large estates: Plantations are generally spread over large tracts of land, often owned by corporations.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Hunting and Food Gathering
The earliest human beings depended on their immediate environment for their sustenance. They subsisted on: (a) animals which they hunted; and (b) the edible plants which they gathered from forests in the vicinity. Primitive societies depended on wild animals. People located in very cold and extremely hot climates survived on hunting. The people in the coastal areas still catch fish though fishing has experienced modernisation due to technological development. Many species, now have become extinct or endangered due to illegal hunting (poaching). The early hunters used primitive tools made of stones, twigs or arrows so the number of animals killed was limited. Gathering and hunting are the oldest economic activity known. These are carried out at different levels with different orientations. Gathering is practised in regions with harsh climatic conditions. It often involves primitive societies, who extract both plants and animals to satisfy their needs for food, shelter and clothing. This type of activity requires a small amount of capital investment and operates at very low levels of technology. The yield per person is very low and little or no surplus is produced.
