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'''The two main coffee types cultivated in Madagascar are Arabica and high quality Robusta. Cultivation areas of Robusta can be found on the east coast, sucha as in the Vatovavy-Fitovinany region, around [[Tamatave]], [[Antalaha]] , as well as in the northwest, such as on [[Nosy Be]], [[Sambirano]].'''

Arabica from Ethiopia arrived in Madagascar in the beginning of the 19th century and is grown at higher altitudes in the central highlands, such as in the [[Antananarivo]] Province province and on the northern central plateau around [[Lake Alaotra]] in the Toamasina Provinceprovince.

[[File:Madagascar Coffee 001.jpg|600px]] Only about 2% Arabica are cultivated but this is expected to increase. Additionally, there are about 50 wild coffee varieties with less caffeine contents which have not yet been widely commercialised [http://www.priori.ch/das_Buch/39.htm].

Almost all Madagascar's coffee plantations are owned and managed and owned by individual and provincial small family farm holders whose traditions and farming cultivation methods maintain biological diversity, which helps provide natural pest control, shade and organic nutrients.