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Exporters see drop in coffee crop; order books look slim - The Hindu BusinessLine

India's 2023-24 coffee output likely to be lower on truant weather

Kharif Outlook: Pre-monsoon showers to have mixed impact on plantation crops

Covid surge: Planters worried over return of labour from north-east

× In Kerala the pineapple sector is reported to be worst-hit with more than 50% workers headed back home The surge in the second Covid-19 wave is likely to aggravate labour scarcity in the coffee- and rubber-producing regions of Karnataka and Kerala as rising infections and curbs imposed by various States is likely to impact the return of migrant labour from States such as Assam and West Bengal. Workers from Assam, Chhattisgarh and Bengal, who account for close to half of the workers in Karnataka coffee estates, have gone home to cast their votes in the Assembly elections.Around five lakh workers are estimated to be employed in Karnataka’s coffee sector. Most of the workers left for their home States in early March and the shortage of labourers is being felt during the coffee and pepper harvest this year, growers said.

Plantation sector seeks higher allocation and loan rejig - The Hindu BusinessLine

Plantation sector seeks higher allocation and loan rejig January 21, 2021 × Reeling under the impact of changing weather pattern and volatile price trend, the plantation sector in South has sought higher allocation of funds for the Commodity Boards in the Budget 2021-22 for clearing the growers’ dues. Besides, the labour-intensive sector has also sought a financial package for restructuring of loans for the coffee sector and urged the government to declare minimum support price for the plantation produce among others sops in the Budget. Prashant Bhansali, President, United Planters Association of South India (Upasi), said the reduction in the budgetary allocation in recent years has affected the plantation sector as the Boards were not in a position to disburse the dues to the growers under various development schemes.