“Scientists need to continuously develop resistant varieties in order to keep coffee leaf rust disease at bay,” Phiri says. “Governments in coffee-growing countries need to take coffee research as a priority and provide necessary resources.”

Cristancho says that other nations need to adopt an integrated approach similar to that of Colombia. “Unfortunately this effort is not mirrored in other regions of the world, where it is required to provide local solutions to the epidemics,” he says.

This article is reproduced with permission from the magazine Nature. The article was first published on January 29, 2013.

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1. 1. greenhome123 05:13 PM 2/4/13

   I am curious if the coffee in the United States is tested for aflatoxin. Does anybody know? I would assume that the increase in coffee fungus would be associated with an increase in aflatoxin in coffee.

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