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PEST and disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent and severe, as climate change and shifting weather conditions accelerate the proliferation and spread of vectors. Due to increased rainfall and rising temperatures, for instance, pests are spreading to non-traditional areas, posing a big threat to economically important crops such as coffee.
Long live the smallholder
As recently as 12,000 years ago, therewere only four million people on planetEarth, and their numbers had notreached one billion until the early 1800s.
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