plantations were huge back in the day
Yes they were, and they are used to sell cash crops
yea they had like cotton and tabacco plantations
Cotton and tea are commonly grown crops
oh yea? I think they arent as a big a thing as back then
I believe that soy beans might be the biggest, now. Oil seeds and sugar cane are used too
cane sugar was a big one yea
Plantation
A plantation is the large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops. The crops that are grown include cotton, 
coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, rubber trees, and fruits. Protectionist policies and natural comparative advantage have sometimes contributed to determining where plantations were located.
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in
km south of Ugunja town.
Rural residents of Ugunja mainly depend on agriculture as their main source of food and income. The area receives two rainy seasons a year: March to June and September to December. The farming is mostly subsistence based and major crops grown are sorghum, potatoes, cassava, beans and maize. When farmers have surplus crops they sell in local markets for income. In the past some farmers have grown cotton and coffee as cash crops, but due to market unreliability most farmers now prefer to grow