A Review of the Factors Impacting Coffee Cultivators (Growers) and the use of Plantation Agriculture Schemes

Abstract

Purpose: The major plantation crop in India is coffee, which is also a wide application marketed product on the global market. The study's primary objective is to identify and investigate the factors influencing coffee growers and to comprehend the difficulties faced by coffee Cultivators (Planters/growers) in the cultivation of coffee. The sustainability idea places a value on maintaining productive rural systems, using and regulating farm resources, preserving biodiversity, and taking environmental steps to restore soil fertility also to comprehend the programs relating to the Coffee Board's activities, agricultural finance, financial institutions, and the Karnataka & Codagu Planters Association.

Design/Methodology/Approach: This review paper examines the review on coffee cultivators using secondary data from journal papers and scholarly research publications.

Results/ Findings: There are several challenges faced by coffee producers. The notion of sustainability focuses mostly on conventional agricultural practices for maintaining life, the use and maintenance of agricultural resources, the preservation of biodiversity, and ecological methods to restore soil fertility. Our research shows that there is an absence of information on the how, where, and why of various changes in land use and landscape, as well as how these changes may impact coffee production, farmer livelihoods, ecosystem services, and other facets of sustainable development. These changes could have positive or negative effects on the sustainability of the coffee industry. The farmer faced a number of problems. Due to the Coffee Board's monopoly over the buying and selling of coffee, producers did not be paid fairly.

Originality/Value: The focus of this research is to evaluate coffee Cultivators/ growers' access (Planters. List the initiatives that the Karnataka & Codagu Planters Association, financial institutions, the Coffee Board, agricultural financing, and several agricultural banks have implemented for coffee growers.

Type of Paper: Review of literature.