Coffee-producing regions
Topic: Primary Activities: Gathering, Pastoralism, Agriculture and Mining · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Coffee is a tropical plantation crop. It grows best on highlands and hill slopes where it is warm and there is no frost. The leading producers, in order, are:
- Brazil
- Vietnam, mainly robusta
- Colombia
- Indonesia
- Ethiopia, the original home of arabica
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Brazil's large coffee estates are called fazendas.
Example
In India, coffee grows on the slopes of the Western Ghats. The best-known area is Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka, where the Baba Budan Hills are famous as the place coffee was first grown in India.
Don't confuse with
- Arabica and robusta: these are two kinds of coffee, not two regions. Ethiopia is the home of arabica, and Vietnam grows mainly robusta.
- Cocoa belt: cocoa grows on hot, humid equatorial lowlands, led by West Africa. Coffee prefers frost-free tropical highlands.