Lok Sabha Question No. 487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Encouraging Coffee Development
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 487 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th FEBRUARY, 2020

## ENCOURAGING COFFEE DEVELOPMENT

## 487. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing any scheme to encourage coffee development in traditional and non-traditional areas in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of steps taken by the Coffee Board to address the production and farming issues being faced by coffee growers;
- (c) the details of measures being taken by the Government to boost the production and export of coffee along with the financial and technical assistance provided to coffee growers during each of the last three years;
- (d) whether the Coffee Board has predicted a 30 per cent decline in coffee production for the 2018-19 season due to heavy rains in the Western Ghats States and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government expects dip in coffee exports with lower output in 2018-19 and if so, the details thereof along with quantum of coffee exported during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) : Yes, Sir . The Government through Coffee Board is implementing Integrated Coffee Development Project which inter -alia includes the following activities :
- (i) In traditional coffee growing areas financial support is provided for replantation, water augmentation and eco-certification of coffee. Support is also provided for marketing of coffee on community basis by Small Growers' Collectives / Self Help Groups (SHGs) / Cooperatives.
- (ii) In Non-traditional areas of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha support is provided for coffee expansion (new coffee planting) and consolidation, quality up-gradation (purchase of

baby pulpers and construction of cement drying yards) and Eco-Certification / Organic Certification. Support is also provided for marketing of coffee on community basis by Self Help Groups (SHGs) / TribalGrowers collectives

Support is also provided for installing Roasting, Grinding and Packing Machinery .

- (b) : Various interventions such as research & development, technology transfer, capacity building, support for value addition etc . are undertaken for overall improvement of production, productivity and quality of coffee . Coffee Board has launched Coffee Connect -Field Force Mobile App to provide advisories on production related aspects to the coffee growers . The Board has also launched a Web -portal  namely,  KSHEMAM ( Kaapi  Soil  Health  Monitoring  and  Management ) which  enable  the growers to access the soil fertility status of their areas / plantations and download the soil health cards .
- (c) : Government has taken measures to boost the production and export of  coffeeby the way of providing financial and technical assistance to the growers and the industry for replanting, water augmentation, expansion & consolidation of holdings in non -tradition and North Eastern Region, value addition and market promotion . Details of financial and technical assistance provided by the coffee Board during the last three years are given in Annexure I and Annexure -II respectively .
- (d) : As  per  the  post -monsoon estimation ( during  December 2019 ) done by the Coffee Board,  the estimated crop for the year 2018 -19 is  3,19,500 tonnes which is about 16 % less  than the post -blossom estimation of 3,80,000 tonnes carried out during May 2018 .
- (e) : Coffee exports in a particular year are generally contributed by the current year coffee production as well as the stock of previous year . Accordingly, the dip in production during 2018 -19 may effect export during 2019 -20 . As per the export permits issued by the Coffee Board upto December 31, 2019,  the  coffee  exportsfor  the  year  2019 -20 ( 241 . 367  MT ) have  declined  by  1 . 41 % over  the corresponding period of previous year i . e . ,  2018 -19 ( 244 . 837 MT ). The volume of India ' s  coffee exports during last three years is as follows :

| Year        | Quantity ( MT )   |
|-------------|-------------------|
| 2016 - 17   | 3,44,870          |
| 2017 - 18   | 3,91,815          |
| 2018 - 19 * | 3,53,795          |

Source :

* Provisional based on export permits issued .

Note : The total coffee exports include export of Indian coffees as well as re -export of imported coffees after value addition;

Coffee Board

## Financial Assistance provided by the Coffee Board during the last three years

|                                                            | Physical and Financial ( Rs . in lakhs )   | Physical and Financial ( Rs . in lakhs )   | Physical and Financial ( Rs . in lakhs )   | Physical and Financial ( Rs . in lakhs )   | Physical and Financial ( Rs . in lakhs )   | Physical and Financial ( Rs . in lakhs )   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Activities                                                 | 2017 - 18                                  | 2017 - 18                                  | 2018 - 19                                  | 2018 - 19                                  | 2019 - 20 ( Till 31 . 12 . 2019 )          | 2019 - 20 ( Till 31 . 12 . 2019 )          |
|                                                            | P                                          | F                                          | P                                          | F                                          | P                                          | F                                          |
| Traditional area :                                         |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |
| Replantation / Expansion ( in ha .)                        | 2936                                       | 4289 . 72 .                                | 1829                                       | 2724 . 43 .                                | 185 . 25                                   | 104 . 42                                   |
| Water Augmentation ( Nos .)                                | 4852                                       | 4289 . 72 .                                | 3036                                       | 2724 . 43 .                                | 606                                        | 386 . 19                                   |
| Quality Up - gradation ( Pulpers / Drying Yards ) ( Nos .) | 2591                                       | 4289 . 72 .                                | 1115                                       | 2724 . 43 .                                | -                                          | -                                          |
| Pollution Abatement ( Nos .) Pollution Abatement ( Nos .)  | 14 14                                      | 4289 . 72 .                                | 15 15                                      | 2724 . 43 .                                | - -                                        | - -                                        |
| Eco - Certification ( Nos .)                               | 2                                          | 4289 . 72 .                                | -                                          | 2724 . 43 .                                | -                                          | -                                          |
| Support for Mechanisation ( Nos .)                         | 3787                                       | 4289 . 72 .                                | 771                                        | 2724 . 43 .                                | -                                          | -                                          |
| Labour welfare measures                                    | 3017                                       | 4289 . 72 .                                | 4329                                       | 2724 . 43 .                                | 944                                        | 30 . 32                                    |
| Interest Subsidy ( Nos .)                                  | 1051                                       | 4289 . 72 .                                | 284                                        | 2724 . 43 .                                | 1217                                       | -                                          |
| Export incentives :                                        |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |
| a ) Value added coffee ( MT )                              | 3547                                       | 206 . 96                                   | 3484                                       | 215 . 48                                   | 240 . 85                                   | 7 . 23                                     |
| b ) Green coffee ( MT )                                    | 5028                                       | 206 . 96                                   | 5548                                       | 215 . 48                                   | 4885                                       | 51 . 27                                    |
| Value Addition                                             | -                                          | 69 . 90                                    | 22                                         | 131 . 95                                   | -                                          | -                                          |
| Non - traditional area                                     |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |                                            |
| Expansion ( in ha .)                                       | 2 . 86                                     | 33 . 54                                    | 2386 . 72                                  | 560 . 00                                   | 3998 . 8                                   | 252 . 5                                    |
| Quality Up - gradation ( Pulpers / Drying Yards ) ( Nos .) |                                            | 33 . 54                                    | 1420                                       | 560 . 00                                   | 83                                         | 18 . 30                                    |

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Coffee Board

## Technical / advisory / entrepreneurship training provided by the Coffee Board during the last three years

|     |                                                       | 2017 - 18   | 2018 - 19   | 2019 - 20 (Till 31.12.2019   | Total     |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------|-----------|
| 1   | Seed coffee production ( inMT .)                      | 17 . 82     | 15 . 148    | 6 . 44                       | 39 . 408  |
| 2   | Supply of rooted clones ( CxR )                       | 44461       | 35116       | 29007                        | 108584    |
| 3   | Soil / leaf analysis &Agro chemical analysis          | 10022       | 9128        | 2179                         | 21329     |
| 4   | Broco / pheromone traps                               | 62800       | 38207       | 12352                        | 113359    |
| 5   | Quality Analysis of Coffee samples                    | 772         | 421         | 291                          | 1484      |
| 6   | Calibration of Moisture metere                        | 114         | 109         | 118                          | 341       |
| 7   | Estate Visits                                         | 27000       | 30243       | 14838                        | 72081     |
| 8 8 | Field Demonstrations Field Demonstrations             | 3124 3124   | 3191 3191   | 1895 1895                    | 8210 8210 |
| 9   | Advisory Letters                                      | 229         | 374         | 441                          | 1044      |
| 10  | Group Meetings / Seminars / Village Level Meetings    | 644         | 463         | 2833                         | 3940      |
| 11  | Media Campaigns ( Print / Electronic / Social Media ) | 717         | 586         | 366                          | 1669      |
| 12  | Training Programmes                                   | 238         | 351         | 2760                         | 3349      |
| 13  | Vocational Training Programme for Workers / Growers   | 43          | 38          | 14                           | 95        |
| 14  | Exposure visit to model estate / TEC / Res . Station  | 70          | 122         | 37                           | 229       |
| 15  | Entrepreneur training programme                       | 53          | 0           | 20                           | 73        |
| 16  | Kaapi Shastra Training programme                      | 111         | 55          | 96                           | 262       |

Source :

Coffee Board

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