Coffee Board Secretary and Chief Executive Officer K.G. Jagadeesha has said that the board will launch collaborative research work with coffee growers on their plantations to improve the productivity of Robusta coffee.
Speaking to The Hindu during his visit to Wayanad, a major Robusta coffee-producing region in the country, on Saturday, Mr. Jagadeesha said the research would mainly focus on clonal propagation of the Robusta variety.
Scientists from the board will give technical advice to coffee growers on clonal propagation and grafting of coffee plants on their plantations, Mr. Jagadeesha said. When growers become breeders, they can easily identify the high-yielding varieties in their own farms, and it will help them improve production of coffee, he said.
