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Coffee Crop Disease, Spurred by Climate Change, Threatens Latin America's Economic Foundation
2014-06-14 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Latin Post: Much of Latin America's identity is shaped by coffee; its importance is difficult to overstate. Beyond being a delicacy and a morning-time motivator in Latin America and abroad, it is one of Latin America's major exports, sustaining independent farmers in rural areas as well as corporate bankers in metropolitan areas. But the last decade has proven difficult: changing climate patterns have exaggerated plagues and droughts in the region, and this has produced less than desirable conditions for...
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