Plantation crops & advantages

Q.  Which of the following crops are called as a plantation crops?

1. Aarecanut
2. Oil palm
3. cashew
4. Cinchona
5. Cotton
- Published on 16 Nov 15

a. 1,4,5
b. 2,3,4,5
c. 1,2,5
d. All

ANSWER: All
 
- The government has opened plantation activities in coffee, rubber, cardamom, palm oil tree and olive oil tree to 100% FDI. Right now, only tea plantations are open to foreign investment.
- The term Plantation crops refers to those crops which are cultivated on an extensive scale in a large contiguous area, owned and managed by an Individual or a company.
- The crops include tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, coconut, arecanut, oil palm, palmyrah, cashew, cinchona, cotton, Sugar cane, Tobacco etc.
- These plantation crops are high value commercial crops of greater economic importance and play a vital role in our Indian economy.
- Plantation industry supports many by-product industries and also many rural industries.
- The area and production is more in Kerala followed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh.

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