The French established cocoa and coffee plantations in west Africa. The British set up large tea garden in India and Sri Lanka, rubber plantation in Malaysia, and Sugarcane and banana Plantations in west Indies. Spanish and Americans invested heavily in coconut and sugarcane plantations in the Philippines. The Dutch once had monopoly over sugarcane plantations in Indonesia. some coffee Fazenda ( large plantation) in Brazil are still managed by Europeans. Today, ownership of the Majority of plantations have passed into the hands of the government or the nationals of the countries concerned.