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Uganda Drink That?
Ugandan coffee endangered by climate change |
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17 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:52 PM on 17 Jul 2008 Uganda's coffee industry could be basically kaput in 30 years, according to a new Oxfam report. Uganda is Africa's second-largest coffee exporter after Ethiopia, but the report direly predicts that if "average global temperatures rise by two degrees or more, then most of Uganda is likely to cease to be suitable for coffee." In the last two decades, inconsistent weather has reduced crop yiel ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, climate, climate change impacts, food, news, severe weather, Uganda (all these topics) |
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