Thursday, March 17, 2011

5 Countries of the world's largest coffee producer


1. Brazil

Currently, Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world and an important player in the coffee industry. According to statistics from the UN Organization of Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Brazil produced about 2.59 million tons of green coffee per year. Therefore, coffee is now regarded as the main products that generate wealth and stimulate the growth of all agricultural and industrial nation. For domestic consumption, coffee stands among the most favorite drinks to Brazil, and every year, one million tons of coffee produced to meet domestic demand.


2. Vietnam
According to statistics from the UN Organization of Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Vietnam is now ranked as the second largest coffee producer in the world, with 0.85 million tonnes of coffee produced each year. Coffee was first introduced in Vietnam by French missionaries in the mid-19th century and these tropical plants began to spread rapidly across the country since then. Surprisingly, only in 150 years, Vietnam will become the second largest coffee exporter in the world after Brazil. Overall coffee production has increased from 5,000 tonnes from twenty years ago, more than 600,000 tons in 2001. This industry has been significantly generate wealth and stimulate investment in agriculture in Vietnam.


3. Indonesia
Ranking fourth largest coffee producer in the world (Data Year Indonesia 3rd largest) in the world, Indonesia's coffee has played an important role in shaping the country's history. The history of coffee in Indonesia started in the 17th century, when the Dutch colonial government initially be planted coffee trees in the vicinity of Jakarta, the capital of the state, and as far south of Sukabumi and Bogor. Lately a lot of coffee plants are also established in East Java, Central Java, West Java and in parts of Sumatra and Sulawesi, and this expansion is to increase the size of coffee-producing industries Indonesian.


In the first era, the coffee industry in Indonesia is controlled by Dutch planters and the colonial government. But after declaring independence on 17 August 1945, the operation of the coffee plant in Indonesia moved to a new government controls, and this marked the beginning of Indonesia's coffee industry that has grown to stand as one of the world's largest coffee producer.


Indonesia can not deny a Civet Coffee is coffee, the world's number 1


4. Kenya 
Kenya is another country where the coffee plants can often be found throughout the country. Famous for cooperative system of milling companies, marketing, and auctioning coffee, Kenya is also famous for its high percentage of coffee production from small farms that make the country's largest coffee producer in the world 17. Despite its proximity to Ethiopia, is believed to be the original place of coffee, Kenya's first coffee plants were introduced only in 1893 when the Holy Spirit French introduced coffee trees from Reunion Island.


Coffee-producing industry has played an important role in Kenya's economy and some sources claim that six million Kenyans are employed directly or indirectly in the coffee industry. In Kenya, the climate and soil conditions ideal for growing coffee trees, and the main coffee growing regions are the highlands around Mt. Kenya, the Aberdare Range, Kisii, Nyanza, Bungoma, Nakuru and Kericho. Kenya, Aberdare Range, Kisii, Nyanza, Bungoma, Nakuru and Kericho.


5. India
In India, coffee is considered more than just a drink that people prefer to drink every day, but it is an important part of Indian culture. For the people of India, is a custom to offer a cup of coffee for each visitor in order to show respect and fellowship. In addition, when the British had ruled India in the mid-19th century, coffee became one of the most popular beverage of good Indian and English people really like.
Source:http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=7483761, www.wikipedia.org & www.planet-coffee.net

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