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In Colombia, one of the world coffee mecca's, exports of the crop fell 52% in May compared to the same month last year due to road blockades and anti-government protests that erupted on April 28, the National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) announced.
According to the
BBC, coffee farmers working in South America have sounded the alarm that workers fearing for their safety amidst surging infection rates have decided against participating in the coffee harvest. The situation has only been compounded by the fact that beans are fetching lower-than-average payments thanks to the dual titans of Starbucks and Nestle keeping coffee rates at all time lows. If we cannot get more workers we could lose some of our crop. The beans will fall and rot on the ground, lamented Ángel García, a farm manager of the Santa Isabel estate in Colombia.