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By collaborating with farmers to improve agroforestry and encourage using shade, much of the loss of coffee-producing land can be prevented. But we don’t know yet what combination of variety, ground cover, fertilization and shade density can deliver the highest profits to producers. That’s where the Global Coffee Monitoring Program comes in.

World Coffee Research CEO Dr Jennifer “Vern” Long talks to Global Coffee Report about the power of collaborations and why now is the time to harness science and technology to accelerate progress.

In preparation for their next hashtag#CropsInColor trip to explore the role coffee plays in people’s lives, Crop Trust reached out to Dr. Tim Schilling, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Coffee Research (WCR), for a quick interview.

In this article for Vice's Munchies, reported Dan Gentile draws attention to the problems that climate change is creating for the coffee industry. WCR Board member and Intelligentsia Coffee President James McLaughlin comments on the work the industry is doing to support farmers. WCR's Scientific Director Christophe Montagnon is also quoted.

In this article for Medium, Elizabeth Dunn profiles the group of scientists who are scrambling to head off one unexpected impact of climate change - the death of coffee. The group? It's World Coffee Research. The article talks about WCR's inception, our impact since 2012, and our goals for the future.