PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA : LSUS
GEOGRAPHY SSS2 THIRD TERM
WEEK – NINE
PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA
REFERENCE
Essential Geography for Senior Secondary Schools by O.A. Iwena
PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA
Plantation agriculture can be defined as the cultivation of certain crops (usually Cash crops) on a large area of land.
CROPS INVOLVED IN PLANTATION AGRICULTURE
It involves the planting of perennial crops such as Cocoa, Rubber, Oil palm, Tea, Coffee etc.
CHARACTERISTIC OF PLANTATION AGRICULTURE
- It requires a large area of land.
- It requires a large labour force.
- It involves the cultivation of one type of Crop only on a piece of.... View More
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