News

The latest news and knowledge from World Coffee Research

Media Inquiries

Maeve Holler
maeve@worldcoffeeresearch.org
504-356-2712

WCR News
MiiR x World Coffee Research
Design forward, generosity driven drinkware brand MiiR has teamed up with World Coffee Research to create a range of products to raise money in support of WCR’s mission to protect and enhance the supply of quality coffee.
Program Updates
Cote d’Ivoire genebank digitizes coffee collection
Genebanks are a critical resource housing precious plants genetic diversity. A partnership between CNRA, USDA, Crop Trust, and WCR will make the genebank collection at CNRA in Cote d’Ivoire—one of the most important in coffee genetics—more accessible to the global research community.
WCR News
A coffee treasure found, and possibly lost again
A new research paper confirms that South Sudan is a center of evolutionary origin for arabica, and the plant populations in the area possess unique genetic diversity. The diversity was rediscovered on a 2012 expedition, in an area subsequently engulfed by war. The open-access paper, “Validating South Sudan as a Center of Origin for Coffee arabica: Implications for Conservation and Coffee Crop Improvement” was published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
WCR News
WCR Partners with 1% for the Planet
World Coffee Research is a new nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet, an alliance of more than 5,000 business and individual members that give back to support environmental nonprofits.
WCR News
U.S. announces $6m for coffee leaf rust research
A new four-year, $6 million grant will support coordinated research to address the threat of coffee leaf rust for coffee farmers in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Its impact, however, will extend far beyond U.S. growers to help the global coffee community combat leaf rust.
Newer Older