Coffee production in Yunnan plummeted by 40% in 2013-2014

Hu Lu, deputy secretary general of the Yunnan Coffee Association, told reporters on the 24th that the production area of coffee in Yunnan this year reached about 700000 mu, an increase of about 100000 mu over last year, but the output was less than 60, 000 tons, and the output was reduced by more than 40%, which is a far cry from the previously estimated output of 100000 tons.

Hu Lu said that the sharp decline in production was mainly due to the drought when coffee was in bloom last year, and the freezing cold wave at the end of the year and the beginning of this year, which affected a large area of coffee. In addition, the price of coffee fell below the cost price from October to December 2013, and some farmers gave up picking resulting in heavy losses.

Since February, international coffee prices have soared, from 110 cents per pound to more than 200 cents, boosting farmers' confidence in harvesting coffee. In March, the drought in Brazil eased and the price fell back to 170.93 cents / pound on the 23rd. Compared with before, Ka Nong still has some profits to make, but it has once again hit their confidence. Hu Lu said, "the roller coaster price, on the whole, makes the farmers unhappy."

"this is a lesson." Hu Lu said that farmers should be patient not to pick or even cut down trees when prices are low, to ensure that when prices are good, there will not be no coffee beans to sell. The government also needs patient guidance, enterprises should give up speculative psychology, strengthen the deep processing of coffee, extend the coffee industry chain, strive to cultivate coffee brands and promote the scientific development of coffee industry.

Yunnan Coffee reached a high price of 41 yuan per kilogram on May 3, 2011. During this period, farmers cut down tea trees and grow coffee in Pu'er in the province.

Yunnan is the largest coffee production base and high quality coffee raw material base in China. At present, the planting area of coffee has reached more than 1.4 million mu, and the planting and output of coffee account for more than 98% of the national total. The products are sold to more than 40 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, with exports accounting for more than 95% of the country's total.