Colombian farmers defy challenges to coffee production
Published on: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Luz Dary Pérez de Duque, from Colombias mountainous Risaralda region, has been cultivating coffee all her life. Her family has been doing it for generations. Colombias fertile soils are ideal for growing the countrys world-famous coffee. But production is becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable, with a changing climate giving rise to challenges such as flooding, drought, pests, disease, mudslides and erosion. With the added strain of falling coffee prices, many farmers like...
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