Climate change threat to Arabica coffee crops

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Climate change could severely reduce the areas suitable for wild Arabica coffee before the end of the century.

That is the conclusion of work by a UK-Ethiopian team published in the academic journal Plos One.

It supports predictions that a changing climate could damage global production of coffee - the world's second most traded commodity after oil.

Wild Arabica is important for the sustainability of the coffee industry because of its genetic diversity.

Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee are the two main species used commercially, although the former provides about 70% of production.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20252472

[Ashotep]

I buy Arabica because its cheaper than Colombian. This will make them more expensive. Climate change.