{"id":31226,"date":"2018-10-27T12:36:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T07:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31226"},"modified":"2018-10-27T12:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T07:06:39","slug":"brewing-higher-profits-and-saving-birds-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/brewing-higher-profits-and-saving-birds-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewing higher profits and saving birds on the farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/brewing-higher-profits-and-saving-birds-on-the-farm\/article22779664.ece\"><b>Brewing higher profits and saving birds on the farm<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a recently published research in the journal Scientific Reports, Arabica coffee helps both farmers and wild birds in the Ghats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Issues with Robusta Plantations around the World:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native trees are cut down to grow Robusta, in order to give it more sunlight. Thus it is considered unsuitable for wildlife<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, in Vietnam full-sun coffee growth occurred at the expense of native trees. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Robusta and Arabica Plantations in India<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 1950 and 2015, planted area under Robusta grew by 840% while Arabica grew by 327%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the Study:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-India) and USA\u2019s Princeton University compared bird diversity in 61 Arabica and Robusta estates across Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu districts in Karnataka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Findings of the Study:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plantations supported 79 species of forest-dependent birds in all<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabica estates hosted twice the number of endemic birds than Robusta. They also supported more birds that depend on forests, and eat fruits, insects and other food.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interviews with 344 coffee-growers showed that Arabica was more profitable, with returns of around Rs. 1 lakh per hectare.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robusta plantations also hosted high bird diversity.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robusta farmers in the Western Ghats retain native trees and thus they have been able to preserve the complex canopy structure, setting them apart from others worldwide<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brewing higher profits and saving birds on the farm Context: According to a recently published research in the journal Scientific Reports, Arabica coffee helps both farmers and wild birds in the Ghats. Issues with Robusta Plantations around the World: Native trees are cut down to grow Robusta, in order to give it more sunlight. Thus&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/brewing-higher-profits-and-saving-birds-on-the-farm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brewing higher profits and saving birds on the farm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704909251},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}