Coffee production in Colombia: Difference between revisions
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==Climate change== | ==Climate change== | ||
{{Further|Effects of climate change on agriculture}} | {{Further|Effects of climate change on agriculture}} | ||
While a 2011 New York Times article claimed that regional [[climate change]] associated with [[global warming]] had caused Colombian coffee production to decline from 12 million 132-pound bags, the standard measure, to 9 million bags between 2006 - 2010, with average temperatures rising 1 degree Celsius between 1980 and 2010, and average precipitation increasing 25 percent in the preceding years, disrupting the specific climatic requirements of the ''[[Coffea arabica]]'' bean, | While a 2011 New York Times article claimed that regional [[climate change]] associated with [[global warming]] had caused Colombian coffee production to decline from 12 million 132-pound bags, the standard measure, to 9 million bags between 2006 - 2010, with average temperatures rising 1 degree Celsius between 1980 and 2010, and average precipitation increasing 25 percent in the preceding years, disrupting the specific climatic requirements of the ''[[Coffea arabica]]'' bean, production of Colombia coffee increased significantly from 2011 to 2018 to 14.2 million bags. | ||
==Colombian coffee growing axis== | ==Colombian coffee growing axis== |