Pests Scenario on Coffee inAndhra Pradesh and Orissa with specialreference to Coffee White Stem B

摘要

Coffee cultivation in Andhra Pradesh is reported to have been tried by a British Planter Mr. Brodie as early as 1898 with poor results. Later, the efforts of Revenue Officers, Zamindars and the Tribals resulted in establishing a few plantations by 1949 but they also made little headway.Re-introduction of coffee in the 1960's in a slow but systematic way, as afforestation measure in the Barren hills affected by 'Podu' or 'Shift cultivation', put the state on the coffee map of India. These latter efforts resulted in establishing about 800 hectares of coffee up to 1975. Later, the various developmental activities taken up by the Coffee Board during IX, X and XI Plans in collaboration with Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) has resulted in large scale expansion of coffee in the tribal / agency areas of Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh in an area of 55,000 ha by 2011-12. Coffee also made its presence in Koraput district of Orissa, which adjoins the Visakhapatnam district. The coffee growing areas of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa are categorized as non-traditional areas.