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Coffee beans growing on a coffee tree in Karnataka, South India. environment. Organic coffee is an expanding market worldwide. Kerala is one of the chief producer of coffee in India.The major Coffee variety grown in Kerala is Robusta with a share of 95% in planted area.Robusta coffee plants require less labour as it is sturdier and requires lesser attention in the form of pesticides. The Robusta coffee plants last upto 60 to 80 years. Due to the caffeine content, coffee often has a stimulating or energizing effect on humans. In Kerala coffee sector is marked by a large number of small farmers. About 77,210 coffee farmers are in Kerala, including 59,621 growers in Wayanad, 17,035 in Travancore and 554 in Palakkad. Coffee provides livelihood opportunities to nearly one lakh families, includi