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Climate change to substantially impact on coffee production this decade
2014-07-03 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Coffee cultivation could be significantly affected by the effects of climate change as soon as 2020, according to a new report. The warning comes amid estimates that coffee bean production must rise by almost 15% in the next five years to keep up with demand. The Coffee Barometer 2014 has been published to coincide with the Sustainable Coffee Conference on July 3 in Amsterdam. It was compiled by five NGOs Hivos, IUCN NL, Oxfam-Novib, Solidaridad and WWF and argues that coffee cultivation is...
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