Plantation agriculture is a form of commercial farming where crops are grown on large land area. These crops are grown for profit. Plantation crops are also known as cash crop.

The important characteristic features of plantation agriculture are:

*It requires scientific methods of cultivation.

*It is both labour intensive and capital intensive.

*Crops are mainly grown for market.

*Large capital investment is done.

*It is a single crop farming practised on a large area.

*A good system of transportation which links the estates to the factories and markets for the exports of the products play an important role in development of plantation.

*Managerial and technical support helps in development of plantation.

Few important plantation crops from different countries are:

*Tea is a plantation crop mainly grown in India and Sri Lanka.

*Rubber is also a plantation crop grown mainly in Malaysia.

*Sugarcane and banana plantations in West Indies.