Our project focused on helping Loma Linda, Guatemala, a community that emphasizes sustainable development and generates most of their income through a coffee cooperative. However, a recent coffee leaf rust epidemic blighted a majority of their coffee plants. The goal of this project was to develop a sustainable decision making tool to help farmers select an appropriate solution(s) to coffee leaf rust and prevent future outbreaks. We constructed a guide for evaluation of mitigation techniques in order to take sustainable action.

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Creator

• Pelli, Cesar Eduardo
• Flomo, Kingsley
• Nguyen, Minh Hong
• Cantos Cabrera, Maria Cristina

Subject

• Industry
• Community
• Sustainability
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-060114-162903

Mot-clé

• Sustainability
• Farm management
• Agriculture
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects

Advisor

• Rosbach, Derren
• Bakermans, Marja
• Pfeifer, Geoffrey

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• Seven Hills Global Outreach

Date created

• 2014-06-01

Emplacement

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright