Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said a joint task force set up by the Commerce Ministry and Karnataka government will address the concerns of southern state's flood-hit coffee growers.

"I have spoken to the Chief Minister (H.D. Kumaraswamy) and we have decided to set up a task force along with the Karnataka government to deal with the issues being faced by the coffee planters as a result of the recent floods," Prabhu told a coffee planters' gathering here through a video address from New Delhi.