The world could lose half of its best coffee-growing land under a moderate climate change scenario. Brazil, which is the currently world's largest coffee producer, will see its most suitable coffee-growing land decline by 79 percent.
, oil palm is still one of the most important tropical crops in terms of human nutrition, helping feed more than 3 billion people.. The stark conclusion was that tree mortality is likely to increase significantly after 2050, possibly wiping out much of the crop in the Americas.
In addition, incidence of the major stem rot disease was predicted to increase drastically across south-east Asia.Collectively, these studies are beginning to reveal the surprising extent and complexity of the impacts of climate change and associated factors on some of the most grown crops in the tropics. Importantly, the impacts will not be distributed evenly and some regions might even benefit from climate change.
For instance, parts of China, Argentina and the US are likely to become more suitable for coffee growing just as the likes of Brazil and Colombia see their land become less suitable.
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