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ASIC 2020: Montpellier, France
The Association for the Science and Information on Coffee Conference, also known as the ASIC Conference, will be held from June 22 to 25 2020 in Montpellier, France. This year’s theme is ‘connecting sustainability and coffee quality.”
2018 Annual Report in Japanese, Korean, and Spanish
Annual report now available in four languages.
Coffee against the odds
In fall 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria ripped across Puerto Rico and destroyed millions of coffee trees. It was a devastating blow: The island was on track to have the best harvest in 10 years, worth an estimated $100 million, after decades of steady decline. Across the island, not only farms were reduced to debris, but also the nurseries and seed lots that produce the baby plants the island’s farmers were going to need to rebuild.
What Rising Temperatures Mean for Coffee-Bean Farmers
This article from the Wall Street Journal explores how scientists are working to engineer more resilient coffee plants as as coffee growing areas are likely to shrink due to rising temperatures. WCR Founder, Dr. Tim Schilling, is interviewed.
The coming climate
Which varieties are deeply affected by small changes in climate—for example, hotter, drier temperatures—and which have stable performance across a wide range of climates? How does climate impact yields, disease tolerance, or cup quality? Shockingly, there is almost nothing known about the effects of the environment on coffee tree performance.
