Prospects Of Coffee Cultivation In The State Of Nagaland, India

Abstract

The investigations were carried out on the coffee cultivation which is a recent practice in Nagaland. Due to its high demand and potentialities in increasing the economic status of the poor it was re-introduced recently (2015) by Land Resource Department, Govt. of Nagaland, and is gaining popularity, therefore, a study was conducted on the prospects of coffee cultivation in Nagaland, India in 2023.  The study was conducted in 6 different blocks located in 4 selected districts, namely Wokha, Niuland, Kohima and Mokokchung. A structured interview schedule was prepared to collect primary data from a total of 120 respondents, which comprised of farmers and coffee entrepreneurs considered as stakeholders of promoting coffee in the state. The t- tabulated value of the study concluded that, coffee cultivation had significant impact on the respondents’ assets creation and with the improvement in quality of life the respondents had positive attitude towards coffee cultivation. The study further concluded that, stakeholders play a major role in coffee production and there is huge prospect on coffee cultivation in the state owing to its expanding popularity and growing demand. Stakeholders had direct contact with farmers for buying the coffee beans which helps in revolving money within local people thus stabilizing the economy of coffee farmers and also helped the farmers in finding markets; provided training/seminar/demonstration/campaign for coffee, while 20 per cent of the respondents had expanded their business by opening branches of their café and one of the café owner had even started a school on coffee, all of which directly leads to promoting coffee production in the state. Coffee café business was found to be a good source of income providing high employment opportunities for the people in the state.