(a) List three plantation crops… | Geography

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(a) List three plantation crops in Africa

(b) Outline four ways in which plantation agriculture is important

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(a) Three plantation crops in Africa

(Others acceptable: coffee, tea, sugar cane, banana, sisal.)

(b) Four ways in which plantation agriculture is important

Foreign-exchange earnings: plantation crops such as cocoa, coffee, tea and rubber are exported and bring in foreign currency.
Employment: plantations provide large-scale jobs for many workers in growing, harvesting and processing.
Raw materials for industry: they supply factories (for example oil palm for oil and margarine, rubber for tyres), encouraging industrial growth.
Development of infrastructure and rural areas: roads, railways, health and housing facilities are provided, and the crops widen and diversify the economy.

(c) Three differences between plantation agriculture in West Africa and East Africa

West Africa	East Africa
Mostly lowland/coastal crops such as oil palm, cocoa and rubber.	Mostly highland crops such as tea, coffee and sisal grown on the cooler plateaux.
A large share of output comes from smallholder/peasant farmers alongside plantations.	Large European/foreign-owned estates played a bigger role in the plantation system.
Grown mainly in the hot, wet equatorial/forest lowlands.	Grown mainly on the high, cooler and well-drained volcanic uplands.

(a) List three plantation crops in Africa (b) Outline four ways in which plantation agriculture is important (c) Highlight three differences between plantat...