Coronavirus Delays Coffee Growers From Harvest
May 11, 2020
10:10 am
South American coffee growers may delay harvest this year and limit the number of workers they employ as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, threatening to reduce this yearβs crop of export-quality beans.
The pandemic has killed more than 250,000 people and upended food production worldwide.
Meat processing plants where outbreaks have occurred are closed; truckers have curtailed deliveries for fear of infection and farmers are destroying crops that they cannot get to consumers.
Harvesting is the most labour-intense component of coffee production.
Colombia and Brazil, which produce …
