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U.S. intensifies fight against coffee rust in Latin America

2014-05-18 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The Obama administration is teaming up with researchers from Texas to intensify the battle against a fungus that has caused $1 billion in damage to coffee plants across Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. foreign aid officials said on Sunday. The so-called leaf rust, or roya, is a yellow and orange-colored fungus that has swept coffee fields from Mexico to Peru over the past two years, threatening to stunt production and drive up the price of Latin American roasts. Especially hard hit have...

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