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How the world’s smelliest fruit is making coffee more expensive

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82% Informative

Cost of unroasted beans traded in global markets is now at a "historically high level" Experts blame a mix of troubled crops, market forces, depleted stockpiles - and smelliest fruit.

Climate change affecting coffee plants, drought in Vietnam and dry weather in Brazil .

Vietnamese farmers are replacing their coffee crops with durian to cash in on this emerging market.

Some estimate the fruit is five times more lucrative than coffee.

Climate change poses serious challenges for the global coffee industry.

A study from 2022 concluded that even if we drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the area most highly suited for growing coffee could decline by 50% by 2050 .

One measure to future-proof the industry is a "green premium" - a small tax levied on coffee given to farmers to invest in regenerative agricultural practices.

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83

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80

Neutral language

75

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

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short-lived

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