
By Katalin Solymosi, SCF - SMU
Versión en español
The coffee leaf rust epidemic in Central America is all over the regional and international media. The MIF reported in detail about the resulting economic challenges for producers earlier in 2013. International conferences and high-level meetings are being held to come up with a coordinated response to la roya, as the plague is called in Spanish. Governments, development organizations, banks and coffee traders are rushing to draft roya renovation projects and commit large amounts of renovation financing.