Question

Leading producer of coffee is _________.
(A) Brazil
(B) India
(C) Russia
(D) America

Answer 1

Hint:
The plant was first introduced in the early 18th century by French settlers, became the largest producer in the world in the 1840s and has existed since then.

Complete solution:
 Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer. In 2016, Brazil produced 2,595,000 tons of coffee beans. It is not a new development, as Brazil has been the world's largest producer of coffee beans for more than 150 years. Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee producer, accounts for about 20 per cent of the world's coffee production. The coffee trade is one of Brazil's largest producers. In 2014, about two million hectares of agricultural land were allocated to harvest raw coffee. More than three million bags of Brazilian coffee were exported in December 2016 alone. Guessing, the nation was also the largest coffee buyer on the South American continent that year. At the same time, the Netherlands was one of the world's leading coffee producers, followed by Finland, Canada and Sweden. Coffee production has played a key role in Brazil's development and continues to boost the country's economy.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
 According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brazil is expected to produce 58 million 60 bags of coffee in the 2019-20 marketing year, accounting for more than a third of world production.