Question

Leading producers of coffee

• A. Brazil
• B. India
• C. Russia

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Brazil

Answer: The correct answer is Brazil. Brazil is the leading producer of coffee in the world.

• Some of the major crops grown in India are jute, cotton, oil seeds, sugarcane, coffee, tea, pulses, millets, wheat, rice.
• The important plantation crops in India are banana, sugarcane, rubber, coffee, tea.
• The states which are prominent for plantation agriculture are Karnataka which grows in coffee, North Bengal and Assam for tea.

Coffee

• Across the globe, Indian coffee is popular for the quality of its coffee.
• Around 3.2 percent of the world’s coffee was produced in India in 2008.
• The coffee variety which is produced in India is the Arabica which was initially brought from Yemen.
• Baba Budan Hills was the place where this was introduced and cultivated initially.
• As of today, the cultivation is confined to the Niliris in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.