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In collaboration with WCR, Texas A&M helping to save the world’s coffee crop
At the Starbucks inside Texas A&M University’s Evans Library, students line up for their daily jolt of java. Across campus, in a rather ordinary laboratory inside the horticulture building, Fabian Echeverria is trying to prevent a worldwide coffee shortage.
A new center for coffee research in Texas
Texas A&M University administrators and researchers are stepping up efforts to protect a worldwide multibillion dollar-a-year industry. In response to challenges facing coffee, including diseases, narrow genetic diversity, climate change and an ever-increasing global demand, the Texas A&M University Board of Regents voted on Sept. 1 to create the premier scientific center in the world dedicated to the advancement of research and development to improve the quality and sustainability. The new center would be a key partner of World Coffee Research.
Annual Report released in Korean
We are pleased to announce the release of our 2015 annual report in Korean! / WCR 연차 보고서 한국어 버전
Francisco Anzueto recognized for years of service
On August 5, Dr. Francisco Anzueto received a well-deserved award recognizing his 39 years of service and contributions to the global coffee industry. The award was presented at the XXVII Congreso Nacional del Café in Guatemala. Prior to joining World Coffee Research as the scientific coordinator for Central America, Anzueto worked for nearly four decades for Guatemala’s National Coffee Association (Anacafé).
World Coffee Research welcomes new team members
Over the last few months, World Coffee Research has hired new team members to support programs in Central America, where we have also recently established a regional headquarters office in El Salvador. “We are fortunate to have found some of the most accomplished and knowledgeable people in the region,” says WCR CEO Tim Schilling.