Colombia's national coffee committee modified export standards and changed its guidelines for guaranteed crop purchases in a bid to help farmers weather the El Nino drought, which has affected nearly half of the country's growing regions. The moves comes as the committee, which includes representatives of coffee regions and the ministers of finance, agriculture and commerce, tries to stem the repercussions of El Nino, which has caused drought in areas with nearly 400,000 hectares of coffee crops.
