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&nbsp;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,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/science/earth/10coffee.html|title=Heat Damages Colombia Coffee, Raising Prices|date=10 March 2011|work=The New York Times|first=Rosenthal|last=Elizabeth}}</ref> production of Colombia coffee increased significantly from 2011 to 2018 to 14.2 million bags.
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&nbsp;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==