Other Plant Disease -- Honduras
Honduras, Central America's largest coffee exporter, has reduced its 2020/21 coffee shipment projection by 8.3% due to deeper than initially estimated rust damage to crops, said Napoleón Matute, Honduran Coffee Institute (IHCAFE).
He explained that the humidity caused by the devastating floods from hurricanes late last year [2020] encouraged the spread of rust, damaging coffee crops. "More than 25 days of rainfall created a degree of humidity on farms and spurred the disease," he
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8365364&promed&0
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