Coffee: Production will Reduce in India
August 24, 2017 at 6:18 AM ,
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Weak monsoon effected coffee production
Although India is far behind from the world's largest coffee producing countries like Brazil and Vietnam, but the decline in production of coffee in India could lead to global prices rise. Coffee prices have remained at the lowest level in the last one month this week.
Karnataka Planters Association (KPA) chairman MM Chengappa said, "This year has received less rainfall than usual." He conjectured that the production in the coffee year beginning from October 1, 2017-18, could decrease to around 300,000 tonnes. This will be the lower by 5.3% from last year and 2009-10. Kodagu, Chikmagalur and Hassan districts of southern India, Karnataka, contribute two-thirds of the country's total coffee production. After commencement of monsoon season from June 1st in these districts, less than one-third of the rainfall has occurred.
Chengappa said, "Due to the bright light of the sun and the sun, the outbreak of the white insect that stretches the stem has increased." He said that the production of Arabica in the country can be reduced to 90,000 tonnes in 2017-18, from 96,200 tonnes in the previous year. Chengappa said that Robusta production in India could be reduced to 2,10,000 tonnes, which was 2,20,500 tonnes last year.
Farmer, a large coffee producer, said that during the flowering in March, the Robusta coffee crop had affected and now there is a delay in the development of the crop due to weak monsoon. Some people say that in 1670 India started cultivating coffee from 7 pods brought from smuggled. India exports 75% of its total coffee production. An exporter from Bangalore said that due to low production for two consecutive years the country could reduce the coffee exports in 2017-18.
(Source: Market TV )
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