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The Central American coffee leaf rust crisis that began in 2011-2012 exposed a dire lack of good information about best practices for controlling coffee leaf rust. There was no accessible and reliable reference that explained what coffee rust was and how to control it. In order to address this, WCR and USAID teamed up with the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Costa Rica to compile known coffee rust management practices into a condensed, thorough, and accessible manual that can be used by researchers and technicians to make management recommendations to farmers.

Last week, World Coffee Research held its first-ever General Assembly for members at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) in Atlanta. At the assembly, we launched our 2015 Annual Report and updated members on our collaborative research to ensure the future of coffee.

The SCAA’s Sustainability Award celebrates innovative projects to expand and promote sustainability within the coffee world. In addition to recognizing the hard work of the individuals, businesses and organizations who created and implemented the project, the award aims to inspire others to initiate similar endeavors. SCAA’s Sustainability Council created the Sustainability Award in 2003 to promote, encourage and honor the efforts of those serving as role models in fields of sustainability. In 2016, the award was given to World Coffee Research for it’s International Multilocation Variety Trial.

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