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PLANTS - Central America coffee workers' stories

Across Central America, the changing climate has caused catastrophe for those who depend on the region's most important cash crop: coffee. In the last two years, warmer temperatures and higher humidity levels have contributed to the spread of the roya - or coffee rust a fungus that attacks leaves and fruits. Whole plantations have been destroyed and tens of thousands of campesinos have lost their jobs.Alex Renton travelled to Guatemala and Nicara ...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/mar/30/climate-cha

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