Question

Which soil is suitable for growing coffee in Karnataka?

Answer 1

The kind of soil required for Coffee cultivation is well drained loamy soil. Both Arabica and Robusta types of coffee are planted in well-drained soil conditions that favour rich organic matter that is slightly acidic.

• Coffee requires a warm and wet climate.
• The leading producers of coffee are Brazil, India, Columbia.
• Coffee is grown in tropical regions of the world.
• Coffee and tea are two important beverage crops.
• Apart from coffee some of the major crops grown in India are rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, jute, millets, oilseeds, pulses etc.
• Coffee requires temperature conditions ranging from 23 degree celsius to 28 degree celsius.

Coffee Production in India

• The important plantation crop grown in Karnataka is coffee and tea is another important plantation crop grown in Assam and Northern part of West Bengal.
• Indian coffee is popular across the globe.
• The Arabica variety of coffee grown in India was brought from Yemen, a country located in the Middle East.
• Arabica was initially cultivated and grown in Baba Budan Hills in Karnataka.
• Coffee cultivation is confined to the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Wayanad in Kerala.
• Arabica and Robusta are the most commonly used coffee beans.
• In Karnataka, coffee is predominantly grown in the districts of Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, and Hassan. In Tamil Nadu, Coffee is grown in Nilgiris District, Kodaikanal and Yercaud.
• Over 60 percent of coffee produced in India is Robusta.
• Approximately, 70% to 80% of the coffee is exported overseas, as of 2010.

Coffee Research Institute in India

This is a very popular research station in South East Asia. It comes under the Coffee Board of India, which is controlled by the Government of India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry).