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Calendar of Activities in Coffee Farming
January
• Processing (picking, pulping and drying)
• Marketing of coffee
• Pruning and change of cycle
• Insect pest survey and control
• Land preparation for new establishment
• Soil and leaf sampling
• Farm records |
February
• Marketing of coffee
• Disease and insect pests control
• Pruning and change of cycle
• Land preparation for new establishment
• Soil and leaf sampling
• Farm records
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March
• Land preparation
• Marketing of coffee
• Disease and insect pests control
• Farm records
• Fertilizer application |
April
• Planting new establishment
• Weed control
• Disease and insect pests control
• Fertilizers application
• Handling and desuckering
• Processing (picking, pulping and sun drying)
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May
• Disease and insect pests’ control
• Processing (picking, pulping and drying)
• Handling and desuckering
• Fertilizers application
• Farm records
• Weed control
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June
• Disease and insect pests’ control
• Handling and desuckering
• Processing (picking, pulping and sun drying)
• Farm records
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July
• Handling and desuckering
• Processing (picking, pulping and sun drying)
• Insect pests control
• Farm records
• Pruning and change of cycle
• Weed control
• Marketing of coffee
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August
• Processing (drying and storage)
• Pruning and change of cycle
• Land preparation for new establishment
• Weed control (perennial weeds)
• Soil and leaf sampling
• Farm records
• Marketing |
September
• Insect pest survey and control
• Soil and leaf sampling
• Pruning and change of cycle
• Farm records
• Processing and marketing of coffee |
October
• Diseases and insect pest control
• Soil and leaf sampling
• Farm records
• Processing (picking, pulping and drying)
• Weed control |
November
• Processing (picking, pulping and
drying)
• Disease and insect pests control
• Fertilizer application
• Weed control
• Farm records
• Handling and desuckering |
December
• Processing (picking, pulping and
drying)
• Weed control
• Disease and insect pests control
• Handling and desuckering
• Fertilizer application
• Farm records
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