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Climate Change Reshapes Coffee Growing
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Executive Summary
Warming, erratic rain and extreme heat are shrinking coffee-growing areas, cutting yields, lifting prices and pushing growers to adapt
- Climate Central found the top five coffee producers had about 57 extra harmful heat days a year
- The five biggest producers supply about 75 percent of the worlds coffee
- A 2022 PLOS ONE study projected about half of current coffee land could be unsuitable by 2050
- Brazil Vietnam Colombia Ethiopia and Indonesia face rising heat stress and lower yields
- Colombia coffee farms are moving to higher elevations as temperatures rise
- Rondnia drought in 2024 cut one robusta plantation output by about 40 percent
- Adaptation efforts include shade trees agroforestry breeding programs and improved postharvest handling
Quick Facts
- What: Climate change is reducing coffee suitability and output
- Where: Major coffee regions across Latin America Africa and Asia
- Why: Rising heat shifting rain and extreme weather stress coffee plants
- Who: Coffee farmers researchers and major producing countries
- When: Impacts are happening now and are projected through 2050
Coverage Timeline: 35 Days
Featured Article
In Rondônia, Brazil, Paiter Suruí robusta coffee production highlights climate adaptation limits as the 2024 drought reduced output by about 40%.
Additional Articles
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Researchers warn that by 2050 global coffee land may be unsuitable due to climate change.
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Climate change raises heat stress in major coffee producing countries from 2021 to 2025, threatening yields and raising prices.
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Brazilian researchers in Sao Paulo are breeding arabica with drought-tolerant coffee species to reduce climate-driven production risks by mid-century.
Rondônia, Brazil, faces increasing heat and drought impacts on robusta coffee, with 2024 drought cutting yields by 40% while Embrapa research and Indigenous forest-friendly practices improve resilience.