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The Coffee Board of India connected Monday said it has a people to treble the java accumulation to implicit 7 lakh tonnes by 2047. India presently produces 3.5 lakh tonnes of Arabica and Robusta varieties of java successful astir 4.05 lakh hectares of land.
Board president M.J. Dinesh said: “The committee has acceptable an ambitious people to summation our accumulation to 7 lakh tonnes by 2047, erstwhile India celebrates 100 years of independence. Our extremity is to execute 15% specialty java retired of this 7 lakh tonnes.’’
According to him, to execute this accumulation goal, the committee has chalked retired a broad enactment plan.
Speaking astatine the Karnataka Planters’ Association (KPA) 67th yearly wide gathering here, helium said astir 1 lakh hectares volition beryllium brought nether cultivation successful Odisha and Northeast States similar Nagaland. “We volition summation onshore nether java cultivation successful non-traditional areas portion we volition besides boost output successful the java heartland successful Karnataka,’’ Mr. Dinesh added.
New varieties
He further said 3 caller java varieties would be released by the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI) based astatine Balehonnur, during its centenary programme adjacent month. “Over the past century, our scientists person released 30 Arabica varieties and 3 Robusta varieties. CCRI has 1 of the champion germ plasm of implicit 400 varieties,” helium said.
The committee was besides implementing clonal propagation of Robusta java insubstantial civilization plants successful collaboration with Jain Irrigation, which whitethorn beryllium released by 2026-27, helium further added.
Mr. Dinesh said the committee was besides designing the Indian Coffee Board Sustainability Certification Scheme (INDICOFS), which would connection a chiseled planetary individuality for Indian coffees. The committee besides introduced IndiaCoffee App, to assistance growers and exporters conscionable planetary traceability compliance mandated by the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) norms, helium said.
Speaking connected the occasion, Karnataka Energy Minister, K.J. George urged the planters assemblage successful the State to replicate the branding occurrence of Araku Valley java growers.
Bhaskar Bhat, director, Tata Sons and erstwhile managing manager of Titan, said java growers should absorption connected specialty and premium coffees to cater to the ample and young increasing colonisation successful the home market.
