Better Farming Series 23 - Coffee (FAO - INADES, 1977, 36 p.) Where coffee is grown (introduction...) What varieties of coffee are grown in africa?

Better Farming Series 23 - Coffee (FAO - INADES, 1977, 36 p.)

Where coffee is grown

1. Coffee needs plenty of water, permanently moist air, a high temperature. Therefore, coffee is found in the moist, hot regions of Africa, South America and Asia. In Africa coffee is grown mainly in forest regions.

What varieties of coffee are grown in africa?

2. Liberica and Gros Indénié

These are very large trees, 10 to 15 metres high. They are grown in the coastal regions of the Ivory Coast. They yield coffee of fairly good quality.

Excelsa

These are big coffee trees. They are grown in the Central African Empire and in the Ivory Coast. They yield coffee of fairly good quality.

Arabica

These are small coffee trees. In Africa they are grown only in mountain areas, for example, at Man, in Ivory Coast, at Dshang, Foumbot, in Cameroon. They yield coffee of fairly good quality.

Kouilou and Petit Indénié

These are small coffee trees. They are grown in the inland regions of the Ivory Coast.

Robusta

These are also small coffee trees.
They are grown in many regions of Africa, for they grow well.
They yield coffee of fairly good quality.