Karnataka > Coffee Production in Karnataka
Karnataka is the foremost coffee producing State in India. Coffee is said to have been introduced into Karnataka by Baba Budan, a Muslim saint in about 1670 A.D. from Ethiopia. The majority of coffee plantation is in Chikmagalur, Hassan and Kodagu districts and some in the Biligirirangana hills of Mysore district. The two principal species of coffee that are grown include Arabica and Robusta. There is now a growing interest to raise coffee in the Western Ghat region further in other districts like Shimoga, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada.
The total area under coffee In Karnataka is about 1.26 lakh ha comprising 79,899 ha under Arabica and 46,464 ha under Robusta, The average yield per ha. of bearing area of Arabica and Robusta coffee in the State (Kg/ha) is 640 and 799 respectively. The number of coffee estates was 28,713 as per census of coffee estates in 1972-75. The same rose to 39,074 by 1999-2000.
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