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As of 2022-23, AP’s Paderu Agency area had ~218,000 coffee farmers cultivating ~227,000 acres, per @andhra_gcc data.. That year, they grew ~71,000 tonnes of #coffee fruit. Of this, about 5% had been procured from 1% farmers. Read on: indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

#ArakuCoffee commands a premium in national & foreign markets. The magic is in what the farmer does with the farm, says @manoj_naandi who’s been working with small holder farmers in the area for 20+ years. “There is no shortcut. It's tremendous hard work.” indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Climate change is here to stay. #ArakuCoffee farmers can offer to the world a model illustrating that a combination of biodiversity, life science & biology can thwart the effects of #climatechange on agriculture, says @manoj_naandi. @madhavapeddik reports indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Ramarao Dora, convenor, AP Adivasi Joint Action Committee has watched turmeric, forest produce lose markets. He sees the pattern repeating with coffee. Govt should create markets, make tribals custodians of value chain, he says. #ArakuCoffee indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

#ArakuCoffee is now known across the world, found a mention in the PM’s speech in June 2024. But coffee farmer Lankela Visweswara Rao says govt should help tribal #farmers market better and create value addition. @madhavapeddik reports indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

In 2025, coffee berry borer was seen in #ArakuCoffee area for the 1st time. Studies show that yield drops from pest attacks are lower if climate-resilient practices are employed, says Sri Pooja Tirumani, project officer at govt’s tribal development agency indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Buridi Sundaramma grows #coffee on 3 acres in Araku’s Gondivalasa. She made Rs 1.7 lakh selling the produce; spent Rs 30,000 on labour. A mother of three, Sundaramma incurred a debt of Rs 1 lakh for their education. The debt keeps rising, she says. Read on indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Between 2020-25, India saw 30 additional days of coffee-harming heat due to #climatechange, @ClimateCentral found. Andhra Pradesh saw 34 more such days. @madhavapeddik reports how Araku’s coffee farmers are coping in the face of rising heat, erratic rains indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

20 years ago, IT engineer Lankela Visweswara Rao chose to return to his family’s farms in Minumuluru of AP’s Paderu. Today, he’s vice-chairman of a farmer producer organisation with 370 members, grows #coffee using organic methods on 8 acres. Read on: indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

For 20+ years, @naandi_india has been working with small holder farmers in AP’s Araku region, helping them grow coffee using organic methods. As #climatechange hits #coffee yields the world over, can the Araku model become a scalable solution? Our story: indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Vanthala Raju grows #coffee on nine acres in G. Madugula, 75-km from Andhra Pradesh’s Araku. Changing climate has impacted yields, he says. A @ClimateCentral report showed coffee-harming heat is increasing the world over. @madhavapeddik reports indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

As of 2022-23, AP’s Paderu Agency area had ~218,000 coffee farmers cultivating ~227,000 acres, per @andhra_gcc data.. That year, they grew ~71,000 tonnes of coffee fruit. Of this, about 5% had been procured from 1% farmers. Read on: indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

#ArakuCoffee commands a premium in national & foreign markets. The magic is in what the farmer does with the farm, says @manoj_naandi who’s been working with small holder farmers in the area for 20+ years. “There is no shortcut. It's tremendous hard work.” indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Climate change is here to stay. #ArakuCoffee farmers can offer to the world a model illustrating that a combination of biodiversity, life science & biology can thwart the effects of climate change on agriculture, says @manoj_naandi. @madhavapeddik reports indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Ramarao Dora, convenor, AP Adivasi Joint Action Committee has watched turmeric, forest produce lose markets. He sees the pattern repeating with #coffee. Govt should create markets, make tribals custodians of value chain, he says. #ArakuCoffee indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

#ArakuCoffee is now known across the world, found a mention in the PM’s speech in June 2024. But coffee farmer Lankela Visweswara Rao says govt should help tribal farmers market better and create value addition. @madhavapeddik reports indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

In 2025, coffee berry borer was seen in #ArakuCoffee area for the 1st time. Studies show that yield drops from pest attacks are lower if climate-resilient practices are employed, says Sri Pooja Tirumani, project officer at govt’s tribal development agency indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Buridi Sundaramma grows #coffee on 3 acres in Araku’s Gondivalasa. She made Rs 1.7 lakh selling the produce; spent Rs 30,000 on labour. A mother of three, Sundaramma incurred a debt of Rs 1 lakh for their education. The debt keeps rising, she says. Read on: indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

Between 2020-25, India saw 30 additional days of coffee-harming heat due to climate change, @ClimateCentral found. Andhra Pradesh saw 34 more such days. @madhavapeddik reports how Araku’s #coffee farmers are coping in the face of rising heat, erratic rains indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…

20 years ago, IT engineer Lankela Visweswara Rao chose to return to his family’s farms in Minumuluru of AP’s Paderu. Today, he’s vice-chairman of a farmer producer organisation with 370 members, grows #coffee using organic methods on 8 acres. Read on: indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…