Fungus threatens coffee crops in Central America

Posted on January 18, 2013 • Filed under: Agriculture, Latin America News

Central America is scrambling to contain a coffee-eating fungus that has invaded a third of the impoverished region’s crops, threatening to cost the vital industry hundreds of millions of dollars.
Entire families depend on work from the coffee-growing industry in Central America, which employs more than 1.5 million people to produce one of the world’s most renowned Arabica beans. Read Article

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