Thursday, 4 May 2017

Difference between plantation and estate

Plantation

Plantation refers to a fairly large area where cultivation is done with a particular type of fruit crop.

Eg: Mango plantation, apple plantation, coconut plantation etc.

Estate

Estate refers to large area (more than 1000 acres) of sole crop cultivation. This terminology was used in earlier days (British empire).

Eg: Coffee estate and Tea estate.

Horticulture JRF 2018 question paper