The Top Coffee Producers by Region
Whether it is from Starbucks, an
Aeropress, or the vending machine down
the hall, the beans that make your cup
of coffee are likely to have come from
just a handful of countries. However,
the importance of the process by which
the beans have been grown, and by whom,
have only recently been contemplated by
the average westerner in recent years
through the rise of fair trade
initiatives. What follows is a
comprehensive list of the top coffee
producers by region.
Brazil in South America is the largest
coffee producer in the world at
17,000,000 tonnes in 2008. Alongside
its other major agricultural exports,
such as soybeans, rice, and beef, the
government has recently implemented The
Land Reform Program in an aim to
generate two million jobs. In recent
years, the devastating encroachment of
the agriculture industry on the Amazon
rainforest has led to criticism on the
countrys green policy. Subsequently,
the government have since implemented an
Environmental Crimes Law. Interestingly
the country only ranks 19th in terms of
average coffee consumption per person.
Vietnam is now a big producer of Robusta
coffee beans producing over 15,000,000
tonnes of green coffee in 2008. Since a
succession of government implemented
land reform measures, Vietnams prolific
agricultural industry (started and still
upheld by rice production), has also
become the largest producer of cashew
nuts with Coffee as its third biggest
agricultural export. Unlike rice, wet
paddy fields are not needed for growing
coffee beans and, at least in terms of
methane production, coffee production is
less harmful to the environment.
Indonesia is the third largest exporter
of coffee, the largest producer of
washed Arabica coffee and the fourth
biggest green bean producer in the
world. Unlike the aforementioned
countries, the agriculture sector makes
up significantly less (14 percent) of
the republics overall economy, despite
making up for almost half of the
countrys employment. Aside from
coffee, Indonesias biggest imports are
rice, tea, and palm oil which has
suffered significant ecological
controversy in the last few years.
Further significant coffee-producing
areas include Columbia, Mexico, and
Ethiopia which has emerged in recent
years as a prime location for growing.
Ethiopias rise has caused concern
amongst some commentators who have
highlighted that the amount of water
that is needed for coffee production
might be best used elsewhere, especially
in a country which is so famously short
of rain.
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Whether it is from Starbucks, an Aeropress, or the vending
machine down the hall, the beans that make your cup of
coffee are likely to have come from just a handful of
countries. However, the importance of the process by which
the beans have been grown, and by whom, have only recently
been contemplated by the average westerner in recent years
through the rise of fair trade initiatives. What follows is
a comprehensive list of the top coffee producers by region.
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