Plantation farming was a system of agriculture in which large farms in India and harvest cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco, and other farm produce for trade and export.
In plantation farming crops were planted on a large scale with usually just one major plant species growing.
Facts about plantation farming
Crops were planted on a large scale with usually just one major plant species growing. The economy of plantation farming was based on agriculture mass production requiring a large labor force.
Plantation farming specialized in the growth of just one major plant species.
The crops ideally suited to plantation farming in south India were cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, cane, and indigo.
The mass production of crops required suitable transport systems for the goods to market. the waterways of south India a natural transport system.
The reason that the system of planataion farming sprang up in south India was due to the climate of the regions.
Plantation farming requires a tropical or subtropical region. plantation crops were determined by soil.the fertile soil of the south kinda was highly suited to the growth of plants used in plantation farming.
The longer a crops harvest period, the more efficient was plantation farming. typical plantation ranged from 500 to 900 acres. each acre produced about 5000 plants.
Plantation farming required minimum inputs from the owners -overseers were hired to manage the slaves and crop production.
There was limited machinery available to helps with the arduous work related to plantation farming -the work was all done by the slaves.