Drought in Brazil, Vietnam highlight climate change's impact on coffee: experts

게시됨 2024년 9월 25일

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Climate change is causing extreme weather conditions in coffee-producing countries like Brazil and Vietnam, leading to droughts, wildfires, and potential supply shortages. These conditions are driving up global coffee prices, with the situation expected to worsen as the drought in Brazil is the worst in over 70 years and the potential for supply shortages is high. The situation is further complicated by increasing demand for coffee. Efforts are being made to breed more hardy coffee trees and make farms more resilient, but more support is needed for farmers to adapt to the changing climate. The situation is expected to result in higher coffee prices for consumers in the long term.

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Climate change is driving and intensifying extreme weather in the world’s major coffee-producing countries, jeopardizing future crops and putting pressure on global prices. “Coffee is the canary in the coal mine for climate change and its effect on agriculture,” said Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, associate professor of the practice of environmental policy and management at Duke University. “If you like your cup of coffee in the morning, climate change is absolutely going to be affecting the quality, the availability and the price of that cup of coffee.” Brazil and Vietnam, the two biggest producers of coffee in the world, are both currently grappling with drought. The drought in Brazil is the worst the country has seen in more than 70 years. It has also been dealing with wildfires. Coffee is a finicky plant that’s particularly vulnerable to heat and shifts in seasonality, said Shapiro-Garza, adding that the drying process for coffee can also be adversely affected by extreme weather. ...

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