BurlingtonFreePress: Ricardo Puente is a worried man.
The president of Apecafe in El Salvador, a cooperative formed in 1997 to represent more than 400 coffee farmers, Puente has had a front-row seat to “la roya,” the fungus that is devastating coffee plantations across Central America.
“We think outbreaks of violence and famine can occur in some cooperatives as a result of this situation,” Puente said in a recent interview from San Salvador, where Apecafe is headquartered. “The other issue is migration. People......
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The threatening march of coffee rust
Posted by BurlingtonFreePress: Dan D’Ambrosio on June 23rd, 2013
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