Rains have affected cocoa and coffee yields, Bali’s most prominent crops, during this upcoming harvest season, says a government official.
Head of Bali Plantation Office Made Sudharta said Thursday that cocoa and coffee were very vulnerable to changing weather.
Coffee plants, he said, required stable sunlight to improve the quality of coffee beans.
“The current weather will likely reduce the production of cocoa and coffee at around 20 percent.”
Bali produces around 7,000 tons of cocoa every year at the price of Rp 23,000 per kilogram.
The island has around 12,000 hectares of cocoa plantations; 23,000 hectares of Robusta coffee plantations and 8,000 hectares of Arabica Coffee plantations.
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