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Program Updates
World Coffee Research breeds coffee for the future
Work is underway at a new Breeding Hub in East Africa, which is using advanced breeding approaches to help combat low yield, climate change, and disease. A new article in Global Coffee Report highlights the work so far.
Program Updates
Re:Co 2017: Coffee Conservation Strategy
Dr. Sarada Krishnan’s Re:Co 2017 presentation about her work as the coffee expert in the development of the Global Strategy for Conservation of Coffee Genetic Resources, released in early 2017.
WCR News
The Future of Coffee in Cajamarca
Cajamarca is one of those places where it seems specialty coffee is meant to be grown. So what happens when climate change makes farming in the region significantly more challenging? Reporter Beth Krietsch investigated.
Program Updates
Coffee’s missing seed sector
The best plants and farming practices in the world aren’t worth a thing if they are not available to the farmers who need them. Though WCR is not a seed company or extension service, our work doesn’t stop with creating and testing the best new technologies and knowledge. It extends to programs that make them accessible to farmers.
WCR News
Re:Co 2019: Unlocking Coffee’s Flavor Code
Hanna Neuschwander’s 2019 Re:Co presentation is now available on YouTube. In it, she describes a major global trial underway designed to help us understand how coffee genetics interact with the environment, and a new study that will let us see how these things impact coffee flavor and chemistry