{"id":65372,"date":"2025-09-27T14:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=65372"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:41:46","slug":"coffee-board-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/coffee-board-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Board of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Coffee Board of India Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Coffee Board of India held capacity-building programmes to increase the number of growers registering on its mobile application for EU Deforestation Regulation compliance.<\/span><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Coffee Board of India<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a statutory organization constituted <\/span><b>under Section (4) of the Coffee Act, 1942.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Members:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Board comprises 33<\/span><b> members <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">representing all sectors of the coffee industry who are <\/span><b>nominated by the central government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and hold office for a period <\/span><b>of three years.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remaining 32 Members representing various interests are appointed as per provisions under Section 4(2) of the Coffee Act read with Rule 3 of the Coffee Rules, 1955.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Functions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Board is mainly focusing its activities in the areas of research, extension, development, market intelligence, external &amp; internal promotion and welfare measures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It functions under the administrative control of the <\/span><b>Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Head office:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The head office of the Coffee Board is situated in <\/span><b>Bangalore.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Coffee cultivation<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tropical plant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> generally grown under <\/span><b>shady trees.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is grown <\/span><b>on hill slopes at<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> elevations from 600 to 1,600 metres above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vast majority of the world\u2019s coffee comprises two species \u2014 <\/span><b>Coffea Arabica<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Arabica) and <\/span><b>Coffea Canephora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Robusta).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In India coffee is largely cultivated in <\/span><b>Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among which, <\/span><b>Karnataka produces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>most with over 70%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the total output.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Required climatic conditions for <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coffee cultivation<\/a><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hot and humid climate for its growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Temperatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Between 15\u00b0C and 28 \u00b0C<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Rainfall:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 150 to 250 cm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Soil:<\/b> <b>Well-drained, loamy soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> containing a good deal of humus and minerals like iron and calcium are ideal for coffee cultivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dry weather is necessary at the time of ripening of the berries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/coffee-board-to-hold-awareness-programmes-on-eudr-compliance-says-ceo\/article70085100.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coffee Board of India is a statutory organization constituted under Section (4) of the Coffee Act, 1942. 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