date:Nov 05, 2012
India is the sixth larger producer of coffee in the world. It accounts for over four per cent of the global coffee output, and more than 90 per cent of this is produced in the southern states. In 2011-2012, India produced over 3.20 million tonnes and the employment generated was over 11 lakh. The country has over 1.71 lakh coffee farms in the country, spanning nearly 9,00,000 acres of coffee trees. Robusta is the more predominant of the two varieties grown in India, accounting for about 64 per c