The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) Production and Genetic Resources

Abstract

Coffee, which is grown in more than 60 tropical countries on more than 11 million ha of land, is the most important commodity in the world market next to oil. It accounts for a significant proportion of the foreign currency earnings of many developing countries and the economies of many countries in Africa and South America depend on the revenue from coffee production for their stability and development. However, coffee farmers receive less than 5% of the retail value of a cup of coffee (Waller et al., 2007)