Sentences with phrase «of coffee rust»

Meanwhile, researchers say teasing apart the genetic machinery of coffee rust is relevant not only to coffee lovers but also to our global food supply.

A major transformation took place in the 1970s when nearly all plantations began the use of agrochemicals and shade trees were removed to help prevent the spread of coffee rust.

The proliferation of coffee rust infestations over the past few years has created additional challenges.

We are particularly pleased to note that in spite of the challenging external situations coffee farmers were facing — including severe climatic conditions; extremely high fertilizer prices, Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) infestation and a severe outbreak of coffee rust — better agricultural practices meant UTZ farmers were able to maintian their yield and actually increase their productivity and income.»

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Every time a customer purchases a bag of coffee in one of Starbucks participating U.S. stores over the next year, a rust - resistant coffee tree will be planted on a C.A.F.E. Practices farm.

However, due to changing rainfall, storm, and drought patterns and intensities, an onslaught from coffee rust — a fungus that decimates coffee plants — and a lack of rural extension services, income from coffee is usually not enough.

Another factor is the prevalence of various diseases and pests, including coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum coffeanum), coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix), and coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).

For instance, 40 % shade canopy coverage was previously recommended for coffee in much of Central America, but these recommendations are changing in some places as coffee rust decimates coffee crops.

Thanks to the support of our customers, we're also donating millions of disease - resistant trees to help farmers fight threats like coffee leaf rust.

The most sustainable result, however, was the launch of World Coffee Research's global coffee breeding program for rust resistance and climate resilience, and the establishment of a global network of trial sites to advance knowledge on coffee variety perforCoffee Research's global coffee breeding program for rust resistance and climate resilience, and the establishment of a global network of trial sites to advance knowledge on coffee variety perforcoffee breeding program for rust resistance and climate resilience, and the establishment of a global network of trial sites to advance knowledge on coffee variety perforcoffee variety performance.

Its goal — to raise enough funds by the end of 2016 to plant 20 million coffee seedlings to replace trees that are declining in productivity due to age and disease, such as coffee leaf rust.

To add to the already limited resource of Arabica beans, «Leaf Rust,» an orange - colored fungus that grows on the coffee leaves, has also taken a dramatic toll on the coffee bean supply with expected crop losses of $ 500 million.

It was not clear to what extent El Salvador's coffee crop, already blighted by an outbreak of leaf rust, might be affected by the eruption.

But Gaitán warns that scientists need to be careful to target the entire range of coffee leaf rust, of which some races are more virulent than others.

«Coffee rust is a hacker,» explains Álvaro Gaitán, head of plant pathology at Cenicafé.

The so - called leaf rust, or roya, is a yellow and orange - colored fungus that has swept coffee fields from Mexico to Peru over the past two years, threatening to stunt production and drive up the price of Latin American roasts.

The partnership will support research to develop rust - resistant coffee varieties and expand the capability of the Latin America's coffee institutions to monitor and respond to outbreaks of the blight, USAID said.

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