Coffee Agroclimatic regions significantly vary in terms of soil types and rainfall patterns. The soil types are deep friable, rich in organic matter, well-drained, and slightly acidic in reaction. The rainfall varies from 1000 mm to 2500 mm. Calcium is added to coffee plantations either as lime or Dolomite. This practice is carried out once […]
Role of Calcium in Coffee Nutrition
Calcium was deemed an essential element for plant growth and development well over a hundred years ago and its importance in the growth of all the parts of plants is well documented by soil scientists and Agronomists. The mean Ca content of the earth’s crust is about 3.64%. It is usually a far greater amount […]
Role of Magnesium in Coffee Soils
In India, Coffee is cultivated in a few pockets in the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and the North East. Depending on the region, coffee cultivation is subjected to different agro-climatic zones and the soil types vary from region to region. Some zones have sandy loam, others clay, and a few others […]
Coffee Forests And Microbial Interactions
The earliest inhabitants of Planet Earth have undoubtedly been microorganisms. From primitive prokaryotic unicellular microorganisms, evolved the higher forms of life. Microorganisms have thus been the earliest participants in shaping various life processes. Microorganisms have been largely responsible in changing the primordial atmosphere resulting in the formation of gaseous oxygen needed for plant growth. The […]
Coffee Agroforestry And Carbon Credits
The recent global conference on Climate Change sponsored by the U.N. (COP26 ) and attended by almost 200 countries, recognized the global climate emergency and the urgent measures that need to be taken on a war footing to combat global warming. It expresses “alarm and utmost concern that human activities have caused around 1.1°C of […]
Invasive Species And Threats To Coffee
Coffee forests are home to not only shade-grown coffee cultivated under the canopy of a three-tiered shade system but the Agroforestry ecosystem accommodates multiple crops which grow luxuriantly along with coffee. Globalization has changed the coffee landscape with the introduction of many new exotic species of plants and fruit trees into the coffee ecosystem from […]