Incessant rains ,extreme cold wreak havoc on coffee heartland

 Incessant rains ,extreme cold wreak havoc on coffee heartland
India’s coffee heartland, comprising Chikmagaluru, Coorg and Hassan districts of Karnataka, has been pounded by incessant rains, besides extreme cold weather and lack of sunlight in the past more than three months, resulting in heavy damage to coffee plantations and an estimated production loss of up to 30%, according to the Karnataka Planters Association (KPA)KPA represents thousands of coffee farmers and planters in the region who cumulatively account for over 70% of the country’s total coffee production.Arvind Rao, Chairman, Karnataka Planters’ Association (KPA) said the unrelenting rains have wreaked havoc for coffee growers in the coffee heartland of the country. Coffee berry droppings and black rot disease [fungal] have become uncontrollable due to heavy rainfall. Growers are unable to spray fungicide to control the disease due to non-stop rains for months. In this scenario, we are expecting crop loss in the range of 20-30%.As per Coffee Board’s post-blossom estimate for 2025-26, the country was likely to produce 4,03,000 metric tonnes of coffee, comprising 1,18,125 (MT) of arabica and 2,84,875 (MT).According to Shirish Vijayendra, former chairman of the KPA and planter from Chikmagaluru, it has been raining from May 19 throughout August and it is still continuing and likely to continue till the end of September.the monsoon starts in the first week of June. Constant rain without sunlight has not only significantly dimmed the prospects of coffee but also pepper wines are showing signs of black rot and crop loss.

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