The Coffee Board of India is in the process of facilitating the expansion of coffee cultivation beyond the southern parts of the country.
The board, with the help of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has identified and satellite mapped over 2 lakh acres of tribal occupied land in the fringes of forests in the northeastern states, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, said K.G. Jagadeesha, CEO and Secretary, Coffee Board here on Thursday (Sept 28).
Karnataka single-handedly produced over 70% of India’s coffee, while most of the rest was farmed by Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Prasad. “The south region has not much scope left to increase areas under coffee production. However, in terms of shade-grown coffee with high quality and speciality will still be in the southern parts,’‘ he added.
