A man of the Nicaraguan ethnic tribe Miskito picks coffee berries at the Nogales farm in Jinotega,Nicaragua January 7, 2016. Soaring temperatures in Central America due to climate change are forcing farmers to pull up coffee trees and replace them with cocoa, spurring a revival in the cultivation of a crop once so essential to the region's economy.Picture taken January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
NEW YORK / JINOTEGA, NICARAGUA (Reuters) - Brimming with shade trees and bounded by the Tuma river, the lower climes of Roger Castellon's farm in Nicaragua's mountainous Jinotega department were long ideal for growing coffee.
But with temperatures on the rise, the veteran coffee farmer is shifting his lower-lying land to a crop that, although new for him, enjoys a rich legacy in the region: Cocoa.
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