Colombias Coffee Revolutions

Published: Oct. 13, 2018, 2:30 a.m.

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Can the fashion for high-end coffee save Colombia\\u2019s struggling farmers? It\\u2019s not been easy growing coffee in recent decades in Colombia, where rural life has been dominated by the conflict between guerrillas, paramilitaries and drug traffickers. Now, two years on from the historic peace deal here, how is business benefiting? And with global market prices not even covering growers\\u2019 costs, could the trend for coffee with a story come to growers\\u2019 rescue?

Presenter: Simon Maybin \\nProducer: Karenina Velandia

Picture credit: Getty

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