Mention any two features of Plantation agriculture. $\displaystyle 1 \times 2=2$

(i) Use of higher doses of modern inputs, e.g. High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity.

(ii) (ii)A single crop is grown on a large area.

(iii) The plantation has an interface of agriculture and industry.

(iv) Plantations cover large tracts of land, using capital intensive inputs, with the help of migrant labourers.

(v) All the produce is used as raw material in respective industries. In India, tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc., are important plantation crops.

(vi) Tea in Assam and North Bengal and coffee in Karnataka are some of the important plantation crops grown in these States.

(vii) The degree of commercialisation of agriculture varies from one region to another. For example, rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab, but in Odisha, it is a subsistence crop.