Production of Coffee

The Coffee Board has been implementing through Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) several R&D programmes on coffee in collaboration with various International Institutions viz. Central Rusts Research Centre (CIFC), Portugal, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, Natural Resources Institute, UK. Coffee Board is also implementing a collaborative project with the World Coffee Research (WCR) organization at international level for improving Arabica coffee. The collaborative projects are aimed at evolving improved coffee varieties having resistance to major pest, diseases and drought and developing technologies for coffee production through improved soil health, management practices and eco-friendly measures.

One of the Growers' Associations viz., Karnataka Planters' Association had organized study tours to Vietnam, Brazil and Israel for the benefit of its grower members from 2011 to 2013.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.