To the 100 million or so coffee farmers, to say nothing of the tens of millions more who work in transporting, packaging, distributing, selling and brewing coffee, the effects of climate change are making an already precarious existence even more so. Some have linked the spread of the fungus to climate change because it thrives in warmer conditions with more variable precipitation. And because coffee trees can live for several decades, a tree that suits today’s climate may be completely unsuited to future conditions, said Vern Long, the chief executive of World Coffee Research. “It’s a really complex situation, because coffee is one of the main victims and contributors to climate change,” she said, citing the energy and water required to grow, transport and brew a cup of coffee. Instead, the company replicates the microbes from actual coffee cherries, which give a cup of coffee its flavor and aroma, Saenz said.

Source: bd News24 November 02, 2021 07:44 UTC