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Coffee growers in Odisha's Koraput district are staring at a new crisis as the Coffee Berry Borer, a destructive foreign pest, threatens to spread into their plantations. The insect bores into coffee berries and feeds on the beans inside, leaving the fruit rotten and drastically lowering quality.
The outbreak has already been reported in the Araku region of Andhra Pradesh, just 10 km from Koraput's border. Concerned by the rapid spread, the Andhra Pradesh government has issued an alert and launched training sessions for farmers on preventive measures. Nearly 500 experts, including Coffee Board specialists, agricultural scientis...