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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