BITTER BEANS
Table 2: State-wise Production (2003-04 Post Monsoon estimate and 2004-05 Post Blossom estimate) in tons 2004/05
State/District
2003/04
Arabica Robusta
Total
Arabica Robusta
Total
44,700 29,000
73,700
39,900
27,600
67,500
Coorg incl. Mysore 29,100 77,600 106,700
24,750
68,150
92,900
Hassan
21,000
18,700
6,450
25,150
Sub total
94,800 115,200 210,000
Karnataka Chickmagalur
8,600
29,600
83,350 102,200 185,550
Kerala Wayanad
100 47,700
Travancore
750
6,300
450
1,700
2,150
650
1,550
2,200
1,300 55,700
57,000
1,025
62,825
63,850
Nelliampathies Sub total
47,800
75
54,575
54,650
7,050
300
6,700
7,000
Tamil Nadu Pulneys
8,600
200
8,800
8,200
250
8,450
Nilgiris
2,000
3,900
5,900
650
2,700
3,350
Shevroys (Salem)
4,300
0
4,300
4,300
0
4,300
Anamalais (Coimbatore)
1,600
500
2,100
1,200
450
1,650
16,500
4,600
21,100
14,350
3,400
17,750
4,000
0
4,000
3,000
0
3,000
200
100
300
175
125
300
4,200
100
4,300
3,175
125
3,300
-
-
-
50
0
50
Sub total
Non Traditional Areas Andhra Pradesh & Orissa North Eastern Region Sub Total Non Conventional Areas
Grand Total (India) 116,800 175,600 292,400 101,950 168,550 270,500 1
Data Base, Coffee Board of India, July 2005.
coffee grower with three to five hectares of land would not be fitting the category of marginalised growers and are relatively well-off. Therefore, the study considers less than two hectares as the criterion for small coffee holdings. Section 1(4) of the Plantation Labour Act (PLA) 19515 provides a legal definition for the plantations, as: A plantation is any land used or intended to be used for growing tea, coffee, rubber, cinchona, cardamom which measures 5 hectare or more and in which
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