Farmers expect high yield of coffee and pepper in India

With the monsoon underway, farmers in Mangaluru is expecting a good yield of coffee and pepper. Farmers grow commercial crops such as coffee, peppers, bananas and cardamom. Farmers of paddy cultivation rely on the monsoon to grow rice. They use water from Harangi and Chiklihole reservoirs to grow rice. However, the area of rice cultivation is decreasing due to changes by farmers at the field coffee plantation. Heavy rains over the last three years have damaged crops. Farmers said, "This year we had received average rainfall for the crops and we are expecting a good yield”. It was only in a few areas that coffee beans began to wither first after constant rain. In general, heavy rains in Soorlabbi, Garvale, Shanthalli, Kota Betta, Mukkodlu, Iggodlu, Madapura damage crops every year. The producer grows Arabica coffee in the Somwarpet, Shantharlli and Kodlipete regions, while Robusta coffee is grown on a large scale in the Southern Kodagu. The drop in rainfall has brought a hope to of ...