(i) Climatic hazards, particularly frost has made coffee estates to be replanted with sugarcane and Soya beans which are less risky to the farmer
(ii) The falling profit accruing from coffee
(iii) Diversification – introduction of new crops which fetch very high prices
(iv) Increased competition from other coffee producing countries
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