Shade grown coffee shrinking as a proportion of global coffee production

Shade grown coffee shrinking as a proportion of global coffee production
Austin TX (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - The proportion of land used to cultivate shade grown coffee, relative to the total land area of coffee cultivation, has fallen by nearly 20 percent globally since 1996, according to a new study by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions. The study's authors say the global shift toward a more intensive style of coffee farming is probably having a negati ... more

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