Southern coffee state ranked sixth by acreage, hit hardest by the 1975 black frost, with Norte Pioneiro growing arabica only.
Paraná ranks sixth among Brazilian states by coffee acreage, at about 49,000 hectares, and was hit hardest by the devastating black frost of 1975. Norte Pioneiro is its coffee zone, where farms grow exclusively arabica in dense, highly productive plantations.
Within Paraná
Elsewhere in Brazil
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- Coffee production in Brazil · Wikipedia
- A Concise Guide to Brazil's Major Coffee-Producing Regions · Perfect Daily Grind
- Brazilian Coffee Regions · Coffee Geography Magazine