Characteristics of plantation farming:
1. Farm size in plantation agriculture is 40 hectares or above.
2. As plantation agriculture is practiced in hilly tracts, use of machines is not possible, and hence local manpower becomes important.
3. The crop for which the geographical conditions are favourable is planted. This is a single crop-cultivation practice too.
4.This type of agriculture does not produce food grains. Only commercial crops like tea, rubber, coffee, coconut, cocoa, spices, etc. are planted.
5.This type of farming began and spread mostly during the colonial period. It is practiced in the tropics.
6.This type of farming requires large scale capital investment due to the long duration of crops, use of scientific methods, exportable production, processing etc.
7. Climate, manpower, deterioration of environment, economic and managerial problems are the major issues faced by this type of agriculture.