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Nicaragua backs coffee to resist climate

Monday, February 20, 2017


With climate change threatening crops in many parts of the world, Nicaragua is turning to a robust variety of coffee bean to protect one of its key exports.

The appropriately named robusta coffee comes from the Coffea canephora plant, which is being increasingly planted in the Central American country under government authorization.

Source: Phys Org
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-nicaragua-focuses-climate-change-resistant-coffee.html