Coffee is the perennial crop most widespread in the state of Rondonia composing a major source of income for numerous families of the countryside.
In Rondonia, generally the coffee robusta plantation is done in small farms, with low technological level and great useful family labor work. About 90% of the coffee area is planted with the robusta specie, having conilon planting utilized in approximately 95% of the properties.
Rondonia owes a lot to the coffee crop! The agrarian colonization in the beginning attracted many people to live and establish themsrlves in the state.
Those who migrated and invested in the development of the region would have been entitled to an official temporary occupation of the area through tenure. This was somewhat how everything began. Currently the state is the second greatest producer of the robusta coffee of Brazil, with an approximate production of 165,000 hectares.
In general the conilon coffee crop in Rondonia is done in small areas and relies on great utilization of family labor work. The largest part of the fruits from the coffee trees is dried in coffee yards and the growth is not very uniform. Unfortunately the precarious infra structure and low technological level makes easier for great quantity of grains to have faults.
The climate in this region is warm, humid and dry and a short season is expected. The annual average temperature varies from 24.6 C to 25.6C while its indices of annual average rains is above/over 1,400mm.
An interesting fact is that 90% of the production of Rondonia consists of robusta coffee. In Vilhena, however there are some plantations of the Arabica species.
Coffee from Rodonia-(Robusta)
Varieties of most cultivated coffees
Taste- Presents neutral characteristics
Some producing cities:
Cacoal, Ji-Parana, Vilhen, Rolim de Moura, Cafelandia, Vale do Guapore
Photos of Rondonia