In the previous article, we talked about the geographical factors affecting the location of the tea plantation industry in India and China. Moving to the next topic:
Coffee & American Revolution
- Initially the Europeans that had settled in USA, consumed tea imported from Britain.
- But then King George imposed heavy tax on tea exported to USA => Boston tea party revolt + American war of independence=> tea supply halted= Americans switched to Coffee and thus USA became major market for Brazil and Columbian coffee cultivators.
Let’s check some important coffee growing regions and factor responsible.
Brazil: Sao Paulo
Coffee grown in the North-Eastern region of Brazil. Brazilian Coffee plantations are called “fazendas” (because in Portuguese, Fazenda=farm)
Factor | Impact |
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Transport |
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Labor |
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Market | Universal demand, except where tea is the main beverage. |
Competition |
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Coffee: Kerala
Kerala=> Western Ghats + Nilgiri Hills region = suited for both Tea+coffee.
Factor | impact |
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Soil |
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Temp |
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Transport | Kochi port |
Market | Kochi port to (mostly) Italy+local demand in South India |
Mock Questions
5 marks/100 words
Explain the reason(s) for each of the following:
- Sugarcane is more economical to produce cane sugar beet.
- more cane sugar enters the world trader then beet sugar
- The invention of chocolate making was the greatest single factor in rapid expansion of cocoa cultivation
- chocolate making factories are located in importing countries rather than in cocoa-producing countries
10 marks /200 words
- Tropical and Sub-tropical regions are the chief suppliers of beverages to the temperate markets. Comment
- Plantation agriculture is essentially limited to the tropical and subtropical areas. What are the factors responsible for this particular concentration?
- Analyze the factor responsible for underdevelopment of Plantation economy near tropical regions.
- Examine the factors influencing commercial production of rubber in Malaysia or Tobacco in USA.
- Explain the geographical factors responsible for large-scale commercial cultivation of any one of the following pairs:
- Tea and Coffee
- sugarcane and sugar beet
- consider the basis of regional specialization in tropical beverages with special reference to any one major beverage crop.
- for any selected area, examine the relationship between development of coffee or tea because of following factors
- climate
- relief and drainage
- labour Supply
- government policy
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coffee is majorly grown in karnataka not kerala…..coorg and chikmagaluru in kar. 80% of coffee from india is produced in kar.
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