Italy is famous for its pizzas, wine, gelato and ofcourse coffee among many other food delights. In our state of Kerala, the district of Wayanad produces around 2.24 lakh tonnes of Robusta coffee every year. The Italians use the Robusta for their Coffee and buy from our India and Wayanad farmers around 65,000 tonnes of Robusta every year. With Italy down with Corona Infection, the farmers of Wayanad have lost their hope for the season as such the price was at its lowest in ten years even before the pandemic outbreak.
According to the coffee board of India authorities there are around 59,000 small farmers in the naturally beautiful north Kerala district producing around 58,000 tonnes of Robusta from 67,000 hectares of land.
All the hopes are now hung on local consumption (1.10 lakh tonnes) by the farmers do not have any insurance coverage. They had insurance cover from weather till 2016, later coffee was dropped from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana.
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