Farmers in Mexico fight coffee disease with resistant varieties and agroforestry

SANTIAGO ATITLÁN, Mexico – Lucio Jimenez Ocampo is always surrounded by coffee. In the yard of his house in Santiago Atitlán nestled in the Oaxaca state’s Sierra Norte highlands, there are about a hundred organic coffee plants of different varieties packaged in plastic bags. On his terrace, coffee beans of the Geisha variety are waiting … Continue reading Farmers in Mexico fight coffee disease with resistant varieties and agroforestry