Economic Sustainability And Positive Effects Of Coffee On The Environment

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Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffee plant. The genus Coffee is native to tropical Africa, and Madagascar, the Comoros, Mauritius and other countries surrounding the equator. I believe that coffee is a sustainable agricultural crop because of its positive effects on the environment, its economic sustainability and technological advances. Coffee is grown in countries such as Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Sumatra, Honduras, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia and Ethiopia. Coffee is grown on the equator due to the climates that occur in those regions. It is grown between 23.5°s and 23.5°N. All coffee is grown between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn that is because the climate is warm and humid which are the perfect …show more content…

Coffee is a sustainable crop due to the positive effects it has on the environment. In the subtropical regions, at high altitudes of 16-24°, rainy and dry seasons must be distinct, and altitude must be between 1800-3600 feet. In the regions along the equator at latitudes lower than 10° and altitudes of 3600-6300 feet, frequent rainfall causes almost nonstop flowering, which results in two coffee harvesting seasons. Coffee is an evergreen shrub, hence an important contributor to carbon sequestration, and is effective in stabilizing soils. It also allows the preservation of much of the original bio-diversity in planted areas. Unfortunately, climate change is a big threat to coffee due to higher temperatures, long droughts punctuated by intense rainfall, more resistant pests and plant diseases all of which are associated with climate change have affected coffee produce in recent years. As coffee plants have adapted to their climates temperature changes by half a degree can have serious effects. Increases in unseasonal rainfall has contributed to lower crop yields than

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