Producing coffee now going to be 'very hard' due to climate change

The region used to be free of coffee plant diseases but farmers say climate change means their plants are increasingly vulnerable to rust, brown eye spot or borer insects, further hitting their yields

Coffee beans drying on the Nueva Granada farm in Siberia township, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Picture: Chris Terry/Fairtrade/PA Wire

"A multitude of challenges including climate change is putting coffee production “in danger”, according to farmers in Colombia.

Coffee farmers in the South American country’s Sierra Nevada mountain range say warming temperatures are forcing them to plant their crops on higher ground, while increasingly unpredictable rainfall cycles are affecting growth and harvesting logistics.