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The US government has funded research on how to eliminate the deadly fungus of coffee beans.

Published: 2026-09-29 Author: World Gafei 👁 121 views

Last updated 2026-09-29 — Coffee is sick, too. The US government is stepping up efforts to help Central American farmers fight a devastating coffee disease in an effort to stem the rise in coffee prices, Hong Kong's East net reported on May 19. It is reported that the fungus, known as coffee rust, has caused more than $1 billion (6.23 billion yuan) in damage in Latin America. This fungus is used to make high-end and specialty coffee.

Coffee is also "sick". According to Hong Kong's "East net" on May 19, the US government is stepping up efforts to help Central American farmers fight a devastating coffee disease in order to stem the rise in coffee prices.

It is reported that the fungus, known as "coffee rust", has caused more than $1 billion (6.23 billion yuan) in damage in Latin America. The fungus is particularly deadly to Arabica beans used to make high-end and specialty coffee and has affected the price of this coffee in the United States.

USAID Director Shah will announce plans on Monday to allocate $5 million to work with the World Coffee Research Center at Texas A & M University to try to eliminate the fungus.