At a national cup tasting event held today in El Salvador, World Coffee Research announced that it will establish a regional headquarters office in the country. El Salvador was hit especially hard by…
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World Coffee Research supports the long-term revitalization of El Salvador’s coffee sector
Agricultural R&D innovations to support new regulations and help assure the distribution of high-quality, disease-resistant plants to farmers nationwide
Quality Assurance in the Coffee Seed Sector
Technical Report on Seed Sources in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru
Clean Slate
Smallholder coffee farmers face many challenges, from the unpredictability wrought by the climate crisis to aging trees. A critical but less visible challenge is coffee’s lack of an organized seed…
F1 Hybrid Trials
Understanding the promise of a new class of coffee varieties for climate change and farmer livelihoods
WCR/CATIE Core Collection
Field trials for a genetically diverse collection of arabica accessions
WCR to deepen work in Latin America
At the beginning of October, a five-year, $36.4 million initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to build the agricultural sectors of coffee and cacao in five countries—El Salvador,…
World Coffee Research and collaborators awarded new USDA AFRI grant to modernize coffee breeding
Collaborative project will explore technologies and methodologies to make phenotyping—and thus breeding—faster, more efficient, and cost-effective.
"The Coffee Supply Chain Starts With the Seed"
USDA and MOCCA, support the WCR Verified program for large nurseries, by increasing the supply of quality planting material in 5 countries.
World Coffee Research releases open-access Coffea arabica genetic fingerprinting database
Tool dramatically reduces cost of coffee variety identification and genetic traceability
World Coffee Research plants seeds of change to address coffee’s hidden crisis
World Coffee Research has brought attention to coffee’s hidden crisis in the seed sector and is now examining how to bolster its professionalism and genetic purity.
International Multilocation Variety Trial
A first-of-its kind undertaking to facilitate global research on the world’s highest quality coffee varieties.
Accepting applications for four consultancies
World Coffee Research is seeking consultants for four projects related to the MOCCA program, covering Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Peru. Submissions are due January 24.
Seed value chains evaluation
Understanding the barriers for farmers to access better plants
Dr. Timothy Schilling: A Life in Coffee
To honor the retirement of Dr. Timothy Schilling, founder of World Coffee Research, we talked to a dozen people who have worked closely with him over the course of his coffee career, which began in…
Tasting a new variety for the very first time
Since its inception in 2012, World Coffee Research has worked to establish dozens of trial sites around the world testing both existing and new varieties in different environments, both on research…
Annual Report 2016
In 2016, our fifth year, World Coffee Research delivered results that address coffee's most pressing problems
Annual Report 2015
In 2015, World Coffee Research completed projects that will be transformative for the future of coffee
Hybrid harvest
In 2019, WCR-bred F1 hybrids reached an exciting milestone: the first production harvest. While we have carefully monitored and measured each plants' growth since it arrived in the field, the…
Two new groups of F1 hybrid crosses in 2017/2018!
In 2017 and 2018, World Coffee Research has created two new groups of F1 hybrid crosses for evaluation in Central America, bringing the total number of F1 hybrids in evaluation to 66. The latest…
Experimental F1 hybrids in the field
In 2016, we established trials of 46 new F1 hybrids, derived from crosses between 8 wild Arabicas in the WCR Core Collection and three rust-resistant Sarchimor varieties (Obatá, Marsellesa and IAPAR…
It starts with a seed—but what seed is it?
WCR undertook crucial work in 2019 to advance our Nursery Development Program. Before nursery training programs begin, program workers typically conduct a baseline assessment of the seed and nursery…
Coffee’s missing seed sector
The best plants and farming practices in the world aren’t worth a thing if they are not available to the farmers who need them. Though WCR is not a seed company or extension service, our work doesn’t…
Senior Manager, Administration
WCR launches Latin American Breeding Hub hosted in Honduras
WCR is accelerating the creation of coffee varieties to meet the challenges of the 21st century through the launch of a new Latin American Breeding Hub in Honduras.
WCR Think + Drink
The Think + Drink is our annual gathering and report-out to the coffee community about WCR's progress over the prior year and a preview of what's ahead. Highlights include a virtual tour of the…
Why the future depends on agricultural R&D
Fewer farmers, less origin diversity—that is the likely future that coffee faces without significant innovation and investment to support coffee producers around the world to remain profitable and…
A new center for coffee research in Texas
Texas A&M University administrators and researchers are stepping up efforts to protect a worldwide multibillion dollar-a-year industry. In response to challenges facing coffee, including diseases,…
World Coffee Research welcomes new team members
Over the last few months, World Coffee Research has hired new team members to support programs in Central America, where we have also recently established a regional headquarters office in El…
New coffee variety scores 90 points in Nicaragua Cup of Excellence competition
A coffee variety called Centroamericano, part of a new class of F1 hybrid varieties, has proven its quality potential by earning a score of 90 out of 100 points in the world’s leading competition and…
WCR European Roadshow in June
This month, WCR will join the global coffee community in Amsterdam for the World of Coffee event. While we’re in Europe, we’re going to stop in various cities to get to know their coffee communities…
Caravela Coffee renews its commitment to supporting World Coffee Research
Caravela Coffee has announced it will give $130,000 over the next two years to support the entire research-and-development agenda of World Coffee Research (WCR).
First fully open-access Coffea arabica genome sequence released
Today, a partnership led by illycaffè and Lavazza, together with Istituto di Genomica Applicata, IGA Technology Services, DNA Analytica, and the universities of Trieste, Udine, Padova, and Verona,…
WCR Releases 2021 Annual Report
In 2021, World Coffee Research celebrated 10 years of innovation and global leadership in coffee agriculture since our formation in 2011. Over the last decade, the organization has matured…
WCR leverages its impact via 9 global development programs
In 2021, WCR contributed scientific and technical expertise to nine publicly funded development programs targeting the coffee sector.
Final Four: WCR F1 hybrids complete phase 1 trials
Seven years later, the first phase of trials is wrapping up and four high-performing candidates have been identified.
Exploring the wild: cupping diverse arabica accessions
Experiment further characterizes WCR-CATIE Core Collection
WCR welcomes Nick Muir, new Breeding Manager
World Coffee Research is excited to announce the recent appointment of Nick Muir to the position of Breeding Manager.
International Multi-location Variety Trial produces initial global results
Worldwide data collection is ongoing and further analysis is to come
Webinar: Innovea—How It Works
An overview of our global arabica breeding network
Coffea arabica KASP genetic markers for low-density genotyping
An open-access resource for building rapid coffee variety identification services using SNP markers
Where to find us, September–November 2023
Over the next few months, World Coffee Research will be in Paris, Hanoi, Basel, Tokyo, London, and Costa Rica
First seeds from the Innovea Global Coffee Breeding Network now germinating around the world
Milestone marks the initiation of the first global, collaborative breeding program in over 50 years
First seedlings from the Innovea network transplanted for field evaluation
Global, collaborative breeding network’s performance evaluation phase begins
WCR welcomes Josué Arevalo Alvarenga, Research Technician for Latin America
A brief profile on the latest addition to our global team
Research Technician
World Coffee Research releases 2024 annual report
Newly released 2024 report provides highlights from the past year, updates on major program areas
World Coffee Research releases 2023 annual report
Newly released 2023 annual report provides highlights from the past year, updates on major program areas