Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Special survey targets coffee berry borer across tribal plantations
A small insect called the coffee berry borer can hurt coffee plants and reduce the quality of coffee beans.
The district administration wants to find the insect early.
It will survey coffee farms in 35 tribal villages.
Fifty teams will check almost 2,500 acres of plantations.
The teams will look for damaged coffee berries and measure how serious the problem is.
Officials may provide special traps and lures to find and control the pest.
They will also use Beauveria bassiana, a biological control method.
Farmers are being taught how to spot the pest and report it quickly.
A special survey will cover 35 tribal villages and nearly 2,500 acres of coffee plantations.
Fifty teams will inspect plantations in Araku Valley and Dumbriguda mandals over four days.
Teams will record coffee berry borer presence, intensity, affected areas and other field details.
Broca traps, lures and Beauveria bassiana will be supplied according to survey findings.
Officials are training farmers and field staff in early detection, prevention and biological control methods.
- Who
- The Alluri Sitarama Raju district administration, coffee growers, farmers and officials from the Horticulture, Agriculture, DRDA, Coffee Project, APCNF and Coffee Board departments and organisations.
- What
- A special field survey and coordinated control programme for coffee berry borer.
- When
- The survey is scheduled to run for four days; no specific calendar date is stated.
- Where
- Selected coffee plantations across 35 tribal villages in Araku Valley and Dumbriguda mandals of Alluri Sitarama Raju district.
- Why
- To detect the pest early, reduce crop losses and protect coffee production and bean quality.
- Survey coverage
- 35 tribal villages and nearly 2,500 acres
- Survey locations
- Araku Valley and Dumbriguda mandals
- Survey teams
- 50 teams, each comprising a coffee liaison worker, an ICRP and a VOA
- Team target
- Each team is assigned 20 acres a day
- Survey duration
- Four days
- Control measures
- Broca traps, lures and Beauveria bassiana
- Field demonstration
- Held at coffee plantations in Doravalasa village under Chinalabudu panchayat