KLUANG: The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) is actively conducting research in an effort to produce more coffee variants to meet demand following a shortage of local coffee beans.
Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin said the shortage could now be considered critical because local coffee production only meets about 3% of domestic demand.
"The demand for coffee in the country is increasing, from 600,000kg in 2021 to 800,000kg last year , and it is expected to continue to rise every year...this is the main challenge for the coffee production industry every year. He said this in his speech when officiating Mardi's New Liberica Coffee Clones and Innovation launching ceremony at Mardi Kluang, which was also attended by Mardi chairman Dr Azman Ismail.
He said these new clones will be able to save production costs and time to produce coffee within eight to nine months compared to 15 to 16 months before.
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