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So, chocolate, particularly our chocolate, it's a luxury food item, right? >> eric: yes. >> anthony: this is an area that's abundant with coffee, chocolate, fruit. how's life for the locals? [ don speaking spanish ] >> eric: he says that, 20 years ago, 25 years ago, it was easier for him. he was planting, uh, soybeans. >> anthony: right. >> eric: and coffee. and he was making much more money. and then he didn't plant soybeans any longer. and then the coffee production went down. so therefore, he had a financial, uh, struggle for a while. and now, with the cacao trees that they are planting, he...

Lower risk of heart disease and premature death. but some coffee crops are being threatened now by changes in the environment. mark phillips has tonight's "climate diaries." >> reporter: to many, it's the other dark liquid that powers the world-- coffee. but because of the damage being done to the planet by the primary dark liquid-- oil, along with other fossil fuels-- coffee is in trouble, and so are the farmers who grow it. is this a good harvest year or not so good? >> it is not so good. >> reporter: up here in the mountains of eastern uganda, coffee is the most important thing they grow. a...

Amounts of rain and sunshine in the right order. it's the goldilocks of crops that likes things just right. >> not enough rain. too much sunshine, bad fruit. >> yes. too much sunshine produces bad fruits. >> reporter: another farmer, another farm, another problem. this fine white powder is produced by the stem bore beetle which sam massa says is just one of the pests and diseases which have come up from the valleys as the weather has warmed. >> 10 years back it was not here. most of the farms have been destroyed completely by this. >> reporter: coffee yields have been dropping, and prices are ...