El Salvador’s Coffee Sector Faces a Perfect Storm of Climate and Crisis
⏱ 1 min read The Short Version El Salvador’s coffee sector is collapsing as production drops 7.5%, driven by climate chaos, falling credit, and aging trees, with farmers abandoning fields for urban jobs and shifting to other crops. In This Article Weather Woes and Waning WillThe Structural Slow Burn El Salvador’s coffee sector faces a crisis of scale, with production projected to fall by 7.5% in the next harvest cycle. The USDA report reveals a stark reality: fields are being left fallow, credit is drying up, and aging trees are yielding less. This isn’t a fleeting setback—it’s a structural unraveling…