About the Authors

María Baca

magubago@gmail.com

Affiliation International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Managua, Nicaragua

Peter Läderach

Affiliation International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Managua, Nicaragua

Jeremy Haggar

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom

Götz Schroth

Affiliation Rainforest Alliance, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Oriana Ovalle

Affiliation International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia

Competing Interests

Funding from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). Funds were used for employment and development of research. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB PL JH. Performed the experiments: MB PL JH OO. Analyzed the data: MB PL JH GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB PL JH OO. Wrote the paper: MB GS PL JH.