Plantation

:This article is about crop plantations. For plantations of people, see article Plantation (settlement or colony) for that 17th Century meaning.

Other types of plantation

Some farms of smaller-growing crops (other than trees) may also be called plantations, particularly in historical usage. Tobacco, sugarcane, pineapple, tea, cotton and coffee are examples. Before the rise of cotton in the American South, indigo and rice were sometimes called plantation crops. There are still extensive tea plantations in India (Assam) and Sri Lanka (Ceylon).

Related Topics:
Tobacco - Sugarcane - Pineapple - Tea - Cotton - Coffee - Indigo - Rice - India - Assam - Sri Lanka

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A comparable economic structure in antiquity was the latifundia that produced commercial quantities of olive oil or wine, for exportation.

Related Topics:
Latifundia - Olive oil - Wine

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