Red spider mites threatening Colombian coffee crop
One of Colombia's main coffee producing regions is seeing its harvest threatened by a tiny but destructive pest.
Red spider mites, a miniscule species of arachnid, are attacking the leaves of coffee plants in Caldas on a scale not seen before - and farmers are facing a real battle to save their crops.
Tom Bayly reports.
07 Sep 2012
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean