<p class="title">The untimely rainfall in the last one week has once again affected the coffee growers in Somwarpet.</p>.<p class="title">The Arabica berries begin to ripen in September and October. But, the rain has posed a hurdle in harvesting the coffee.</p>.<p class="title">The berries that were ripened in September have started withering and sprouting in the ground. Owing to the rain, the berries are left unattended. </p>.<p class="title">Without sunshine, the growers are unable to dry the plucked berries as well, which in turn, will affect the quality of the coffee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rain has also affected the maintenance of coffee plantations. Owing to a shortage of labourers, weeds have not been removed at the plantations. The labourers are demanding Rs 160 to Rs 200 for harvesting 28 kg of coffee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The growers said that the production cost of coffee has increased.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An arabica parchment of 50 kg is fetching Rs 13,000 in the market. However, due to the vagaries of nature, the growers are unable to reap the benefit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Coffee is cultivated on 28,590 hectares of land in Somwarpet taluk, of which, 22,900 hectares is Arabica coffee and 5,690 hectares is Robusta coffee.</p>
<p class="title">The untimely rainfall in the last one week has once again affected the coffee growers in Somwarpet.</p>.<p class="title">The Arabica berries begin to ripen in September and October. But, the rain has posed a hurdle in harvesting the coffee.</p>.<p class="title">The berries that were ripened in September have started withering and sprouting in the ground. Owing to the rain, the berries are left unattended. </p>.<p class="title">Without sunshine, the growers are unable to dry the plucked berries as well, which in turn, will affect the quality of the coffee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rain has also affected the maintenance of coffee plantations. Owing to a shortage of labourers, weeds have not been removed at the plantations. The labourers are demanding Rs 160 to Rs 200 for harvesting 28 kg of coffee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The growers said that the production cost of coffee has increased.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An arabica parchment of 50 kg is fetching Rs 13,000 in the market. However, due to the vagaries of nature, the growers are unable to reap the benefit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Coffee is cultivated on 28,590 hectares of land in Somwarpet taluk, of which, 22,900 hectares is Arabica coffee and 5,690 hectares is Robusta coffee.</p>