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What has driven tens of thousands of Salvadorans to leave home, many for the U.S.? El Salvador's coffee beans suffered a devastating disease five years ago, and now face an even greater existential threat: climate change. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how researchers there...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sam Lazaro, Fred de (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions LLC, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Coffee > El Salvador.
Coffee > Diseases and pests > El Salvador.
Climatic changes.
Climat > Changements.
Coffee.
Coffee > Diseases and pests.
El Salvador.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:What has driven tens of thousands of Salvadorans to leave home, many for the U.S.? El Salvador's coffee beans suffered a devastating disease five years ago, and now face an even greater existential threat: climate change. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how researchers there are trying to develop a plant that can adapt to warming global temperatures.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed September 06, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 min.)
Playing Time:00:06:59