Coffee cultivation technique A tropical cash crop that is easy to cultivate

I. Overview

Coffee, cocoa and tea are called the three major beverages in the world, and their output, consumption and output value all rank first. In addition to being used as a beverage, coffee can also extract caffeine and coffee oil; in medicine, it can be used as an anesthetic, stimulant and diuretic cardiotonic agent. Coffee pulp can be used to make wine, vinegar and pectin, to make molasses; dried pulp can be used as animal feed; dried fruit shell can be used as fertilizer, fuel, hard fibreboard; flowers contain essential oils, which can extract high-grade spices.

Coffee is a tropical cash crop that is easy to cultivate, with low management cost, early income and high output value. The rising stars can be harvested in the year of planting, and those who are well managed can be harvested in 20 to 30 years. There are superior natural conditions for the development of coffee production in China. Yunnan, Hainan and Guangdong all have large areas of suitable tree-planting land and rich labor force. In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standards and the development of open tourism, China's coffee consumption is gradually increasing.

Domestic production is no longer enough to supply the market, so it is necessary to import coffee every year, so the development of coffee production is of great significance to meet the growing living needs of the people, domestic demand, save foreign exchange and support national construction.

Chinese coffee was first introduced to Taiwan in 1884. In 1908, overseas Chinese brought back large and medium seeds from Malaysia to Hainan Island. From 1912 to 1935, overseas Chinese brought coffee back to Hainan Island from Malaysia, Indonesia and other places for trial cultivation. After liberation, coffee production has developed greatly. In the early 1960s, the planting area of Hainan reached 40, 000 mu, and then most of it was lost due to various reasons. In 1987, coffee production developed rapidly, with a total area of more than 230000 mu, but the price of coffee was low in recent years. 570000 mu, with an output of 889 tons of dried beans.