When the fruit is picked and the coffee bean is exposed there is very little if any bean left. Obviously this is a great problem. No bean, no coffee. To date there are three ways of combatting the broca. Unfortunately this is a very toxic substance.
Workers are especially prone to poisoning.
In addition there is a very high mortality rate to the birds that live in the cafetales . Also there is a great danger of contaminating fresh and sea water. The main drawback to this method is the difficulty and high cost of producing the wasp. The third solution is to periodically inspect the coffee on the trees as the fruit is ripening and search for signs of the broca . When infected fruit is found it is picked and then burned.