Forgotten for half a century, this rare bean could save Sierra Leone's coffee industry

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The rediscovery of the rare plant could help to revive Sierra Leone's floundering coffee industry, which was decimated by 11 years of civil war.

About 200 miles southeast of Sierra Leone's capital, agricultural researcher Daniel Sarmu made the discovery of a lifetime in the steep and humid Kambui Hills.

The rediscovery of Sierra Leone's highland coffee has renewed hopes that the uncommon crop could be cultivated and produced commercially -- and help to revive the country's floundering coffee industry, which was decimated by 11 years of civil war.After discovering a wild garden of around 15 stenophylla plants growing in the hills, the research team gathered samples for testing.

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