AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE AND ITS TYPES
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Tea
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Coffee
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Rubber
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Horticulture crops
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Detailed explanation-1: -Now coffee cultivation is mainly confined to the States of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu ND Andhra Pradesh and on a limited scale to Arunachala Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalayaa, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tirupura and West Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most commonly used coffee beans are Arabica and Robusta grown in the hills of Karnataka (Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan), Kerala (Malabar region) and Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris District, Yercaud and Kodaikanal).
Detailed explanation-3: -Both Karnataka and Kerala together account for around 90% of the total coffee produced in India. The third highest coffee-producing state in India is Tamil Nadu which accounts for 5% of the total coffee produced in India. Coffee is also grown in Northeastern India, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh.
Detailed explanation-4: -Category-Hills of Kerala With a production of around 50, 000 to 60, 000 tonnes of robusta coffee annually, Wayanad is one of the prominent regions in the country cultivating the variety.
Detailed explanation-5: -Coffee Arabica and Coffee Robusta are the two varieties of coffee grown in Karnataka. The Arabica beans cultivated in Karnataka, which have a sweeter and softer taste, have a huge demand in international markets.