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Climate change threat sends coffee roaster on bean hunt
A new article from Bloomberg details the efforts that Tokyo’s Key Coffee Inc. is taking—in partnership with WCR and the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI)—to ensure sustainable coffee production. The company is hosting one of WCR’s International Multilocation Variety Trials, testing out 35 Arabica varieties to assess their disease resistance, quality, and output. The trial will assist Indonesian coffee growers, including Key Coffee, which operates a coffee farm in Sulawesi, Indonesia, to identify the most promising varieties for the region.
A new African coffee breeding hub in Rwanda
Since our creation in 2012, World Coffee Research has worked to create a path for sustainable coffee production through agricultural innovation to help coffee farmers face the challenges of climate change. One of our main area of focus has been the creation and propagation of the next generation of coffee varieties that are high in quality and yield, and resilient to diseases and the effects of climate change. This month, we are making great strides in this area with the launch of our African breeding hub in Rwanda, hosted by our partners at the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB).
Your Morning Cup of Coffee Is in Danger
The coffee industry is working to secure the future of coffee in the face of extreme challenges from climate change. World Coffee Research’s Sara Bogantes Vargas shares her insight in a feature article in TIME Magazine, discussing how our Global Coffee Monitoring Program is helping coffee farmers grow a sustainable supply of coffee. The article also highlights our partnership with the Starbucks research farm, Finca Alsacia, in Costa Rica.
Coping with 32°
Research shows clearly that rising temperatures pose the greatest threat to coffee, greater even than increased drought.
Two new groups of F1 hybrid crosses in 2017/2018!
In 2017 and 2018, World Coffee Research has created two new groups of F1 hybrid crosses for evaluation in Central America, bringing the total number of F1 hybrids in evaluation to 66. The latest group is made up of so-called “three-way hybrids,” in which the mother plant of a new f1 hybrid cross is itself an F1 hybrid.
