date:Nov 05, 2012
trict, Tamil Nadu's Bodinayakanur zone and the tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh and the North-east. The latter, in particular, grow organic coffee, but that is primarily because they cannot afford to procure plant protection chemicals and fertilisers (and also because they believe in natural farming).
As a result of this, their yields are low and are only at subsistence levels. Therefore, there exists a good scope to convert these small and tribal holdings into certified organic farms without muc