Woman harvesting coffee beans in Karnataka, India

A South Indian woman harvesting coffee beans in the state of Karnataka, India. Coffee production in India is dominated in the hill tracts of South Indian states, with the state of Karnataka accounting 53% followed by Kerala 28% and Tamil Nadu 11% of production of 8,200 tonnes. Indian coffee is said to be the finest coffee grown in the shade rather than direct sunlight anywhere in the world. There are approximately 250,000 coffee growers in India; 98% of them are small growers. As of 2009, the production of coffee in India was only 4.5% of the total production in the world. Coffee has been cultivated in the Karnataka state of India for more than 300 years, and in 2010 India was the world's sixth-largest coffee producer. Some 70 percent of Indian coffee production takes place on small farms of less than 10 hectares (2.5 acres). Coffee is an important source of economic sustenance for the people of India: it provides a livelihood for nearly 1.5 million families. In recent years, however, coffee production has been declining as changes in climate affect crops. Source : Wikipedia & http://www.climatehotmap.org This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.