Coffee
Coffee, Bugs & Rust
17/11/09 17:21 Filed in:Film
Well, we're back from Uganda after an excellent week's shoot.
One of the key stories that we were looking to cover was about coffee. We met famers on Mt Elgon near the border with Kenya whose crop has been badly affected by pests that have chomped their way through the Arabica coffee crop which the community depends on. The increasing annual temperatures in the region have also meant that coffee has become susceptible to 'leaf rust".
Are there any solutions for the Ugandan farmers? According to Dr Declan Conway from UEA, in an interview that we have just shot in London, it is poorer communities, who rely mostly on agriculture for their livelihoods that are least able to adapt to the threats posed by climate change. Meanwhile, developed countries that are less reliant on agriculture and have more varied economies are better placed to cope with climate change. It is easier to relocate your service industry to an office higher up the hill as the river floods than it is to acquire new land.
Ironically, poorer countries, who have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, are the most likely to pay the price for the damage done to the planet. Something tells me that that is not right...
One of the key stories that we were looking to cover was about coffee. We met famers on Mt Elgon near the border with Kenya whose crop has been badly affected by pests that have chomped their way through the Arabica coffee crop which the community depends on. The increasing annual temperatures in the region have also meant that coffee has become susceptible to 'leaf rust".
Are there any solutions for the Ugandan farmers? According to Dr Declan Conway from UEA, in an interview that we have just shot in London, it is poorer communities, who rely mostly on agriculture for their livelihoods that are least able to adapt to the threats posed by climate change. Meanwhile, developed countries that are less reliant on agriculture and have more varied economies are better placed to cope with climate change. It is easier to relocate your service industry to an office higher up the hill as the river floods than it is to acquire new land.
Ironically, poorer countries, who have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, are the most likely to pay the price for the damage done to the planet. Something tells me that that is not right...
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