The latest news and knowledge from World Coffee Research
News
Media Inquiries
Hanna Neuschwander
hanna@worldcoffeeresearch.org
503-560-7828
The Scientists Fighting to Save Us From a World Without Coffee
While Washington debates whether climate change is a hoax or an imminent threat, the world coffee industry is not waiting for the American government to take action to protect its business. Coffee crops are under siege from deforestation, abnormally high temperatures, a lack of precipitation, and disease.
Good Genes
With coffee’s genetic resources being lost at a rapid pace, a new strategy aims to unite the industry to preserve this precious material. As World Coffee Research Executive Director Tim Schilling puts it, “We have to step up and take control of the genetic resources that dictate the limits and open the possibilities for the future of our industry.”
Where to find us in Seattle
Will you be at the Global Coffee Expo in Seattle this month? So will we. Join us for a Think + Drink Happy Hour, featuring an exclusive tasting of new hybrid varieties; a panel discussion on coffee genebanks; and presentations of student work at the scientific poster session.
International Multilocation Variety Trial expands to 23 countries
Four new countries have committed to participate in the International Multilocation Variety Trial (IMLVT), the largest, collaborative, global coffee research platform and variety exchange in history. Australia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and the United States (Hawaii) will all join the trial in 2017, bringing the total number of participating countries to 23.
Quiet heroes of coffee science gather in China to share latest research
At the biannual International Conference on Coffee Science, held this year in China’s Yunnan province, the world’s top coffee researchers gathered to share their recent findings. World Coffee Research was there presenting three papers, on coffee’s genetic diversity, climate change, and the relationship between coffee leaf rust and quality.
