India, Dec. 6 -- Market prices, erratic weather and increasing input costs are making coffee cultivation unviable, it notes

Coffee farmers in Karnataka are either selling their estates or killing themselves as growing the cash crop is becoming increasingly unviable, a new report released on December 6, 2019, said.

The Status on Indian Coffee 2019 prepared by Karnataka Growers Federation and released in Bengaluru also noted that Karnataka's coffee production had fallen by around 40 per cent even as input costs had increased.

Consistent, non-remuneration for drought, high incidence of pests and diseases, non-availability of credit and the exorbitant cost of labour had forced traditional coffee farmers to abandon their plantations, the re...