Friday 17 February 2012

Falling Arabica production in India?


Is it the shyness of the farmers towards Arabica or they are working on cluster growth on Robusta?

                 World over Arabica is ruling the coffee market with higher prices even the new regions that come up with coffee plantations in South America and African continent start producing and concentrate mainly on Arabica which fetch a much better price than robusta beans per square meter of their farm.

Production of Coffee in India
Year
Arabica
%
Robusta
%
Total
2009-2010
94600
33
195000
67
289600
2010-2011
94140
31
207860
69
302000
2011-2012*
104525
32
217725
68
322250
*Estimates

But farmers in India are switching to Robusta production from the Arabica plantation for various reasons; one of the reasons is Arabica which is prone to diseases, there’s a reason to cheer about is that Non traditional areas are concentrating more on Arabica plantations than their counterpart traditional growing areas.
  
Coffee Shipment from India by types:
Year
Arabica (Plantation+Cherry)
Robusta (Parchment+Cherry)
2007
42114.3
106768.7
2008
48869.9
107131
2009
29641.2
94205.8
2010
50580.4
152277
2011
54103.2
193133.1
Total
225309
653515.6


How come farmers in other countries could raise the Arabica trees and harvest the produce with out much hesitation and demand a superior price in the market for their produce.  
It is time for our people (Planters) they should think, act and try to get a much better return from their plantation.

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