Colombia: Expert warns climate change may threaten coffee crops

Posted on September 13, 2014 • Filed under: Agriculture, Colombia, Enviromental Issues

lainformacion.com reported -pests and diseases as the bit, rust and the ojo de gallo could reappear with force as a result of the drastic changes in the climate, today warned a scientist in the 25th International Conference on coffee science ended Friday in the Colombian city of Armenia. pests and diseases as the bit, rust and the ojo de gallo could reappear with force as a result of the drastic changes in the climate, today warned a scientist in the 25th International Conference on coffee science ended Friday in the Colombian city of Armenia.

“It was thought that climate change would affect the coffee slowly, but are are reporting crashes product transformations drastic and chaotic, as little or much rain,” explained to Efe the researcher at the International Center for Bioscience in agriculture (CABI, by its acronym in English), Peter Baker.

According to Baker, rust fungi and the eye of gallo and the plague of the bit, an insect that colonizes the fruits during ripening stage, can again become a threat to growers from around the world. Read Article

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