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The fungus has swept through coffee fields from Mexico to Panama, where some of the world's rarest and most expensive beans are grown.
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"We have more options now and more certainty, " said Gabriel Barreda, president of Mexico's National Union of Coffee Growers.
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Fernando Celis, an analyst at Mexico's National Committee for Coffee Organizations, said some have begun growing corn and other grains.
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In Mexico, Cirilo Elotlan Diaz, president of the Regional Coffee Council of Coatepec, said 70% of the area's producers abandoned their plantations from 2001 to 2004.
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Labor contractor Jose Campos, who is at the convenience store grabbing a quick cup of coffee, says despite being so close to Mexico he can't find enough workers.
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