coffee production in india grew rapidly in the 1970s, increasing from 68,948 tonnes in 1971–72 to 120,000 tonnes in 1979–80 and grew by 4.6 percent in the 1980s. it grew by more than 30 percent in the 1990s, rivalled only by uganda in the growth of production. by 2007, organic coffee was grown in about with an estimated production of about 1700 tonnes. according to the 2008 statistics published by the food and agriculture organization (fao), the area of coffee green harvested in india was , with yield estimates of 7,660 hectogram/ha, forming a total production estimate of 262,000 tonnes.