The epidemic of coffee leaf rust caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix, with an incidence of 53 % in the crop year 2012/2013, was the worst seen since the disease appeared in Central America in 1976. Crop failures and low producer prices for coffee resulted in an income loss and unemployment among the coffee farmers. More drastic yield losses and socioeconomic consequences await the coffee producers for the crop year 2013/2014 as the basis in coffee cultivation is placed in the previous season. 

This poster provides comprehensive information on organic control methods to combat and control the fungal disease coffee rust in Latin America.


Last updated: 2014