That's a key takeaway from the first major study of climate change's projected impacts on coffee, and the bees that help coffee to grow. The findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNA5). Bee experts from the Smithsonian inPanama, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Vietnam, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center in Costa Rica, Conservation International and the University of Vermont in the US, CIRAD in France, and CIFOR in Peru, cooperated in the research.The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that, by paying attention to biological processes and managing coffee for maximum pollination depending upon the effects of climate on both the plants and the bees,as well as strategically adjusting shade, rotating crops, and conserving natural forests, it may be possible for coffee producers to adapt to climate change.
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