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WORLD COFFEE RESEARCH LAUNCHES GLOBAL COFFEE BREEDING NETWORK

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World Coffee Research launches Innovea Global Coffee Breeding Network to accelerate climate resilience and secure long-term coffee supplies Jaco, Costa Rica, November 10, 2022 — Today, World Coffee Research announced the formation of Innovea, a global coffee breeding network. Innovea brings together collaborating countries to transform global coffee breeding and accelerate the pace of coffee […]

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RESEARCH REVEALS POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS OF LEAD AND CADMIUM IN COCOA TREES

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Cadmium and lead in Cocoa is a serious problem which we have written about before when the ICCO planned research, and when the IAEA became involved in helping to track the movement of heavy metals through the plant. Now a detailed scientific report funded through a California Proposition 65 settlement was released today by As

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ETHIOPIAN RESEARCHERS DISCOVER TREATMENT FOR COFFEE WILT DISEASE

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In a report by the state-run Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), researchers at Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, discovered a new medicine that can treat a fungal disease that causes coffee plants to dry. The new treatment primarily prevents coffee wilt disease (CWD). The disease is known to block water from moving up

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NOTTINGHAM RESEARCH REVEALS ‘SCIENCE BEHIND CHOCOLATE’ AT EXHIBITION

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The University of Nottingham showcased their research into the influence of microbes on chocolate flavour at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London last week. They said it was their hope to show people the science behind chocolate, with researchers stating that the key to discovering new flavours in chocolate lies in properly understanding

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BARRY CALLEBAUT DEVELOPS RESEARCH PLANT IN ECUADOR CALLED  ‘FARM OF THE FUTURE’ 

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Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut recently announced what they refer to as a “Farm of the Future” located in the Cerecita Valley in Ecuador, the world’s third-largest producer of Cocoa. The company issued information about the facility in a press release, highlighting the areas of research they are conducting, some of which will benefit the company

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ICO RESEARCH COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT COFFEE FARMERS IN PERU

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Identifying a living wage in the coffee industry is critical to establishing a baseline, that is to say, the minimum amount a farmer should be earning. But some traders and importers are going a step further and paying extra cents on top of premiums, to ensure farmers get more than just enough to survive. Organisations

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RESEARCH SHOWS BRAZIL’S COFFEE FARMS CAN GO CARBON NEGATIVE

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The goal of the partner project between the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé), the Institute of Forest and Agricultural Management & Certification, and the University of São Paulo, was to measure the average amount of carbon sequestration (the process of capturing carbon to remove it from the atmosphere) on 40 farms in the 3 main

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MIIR AND WCR COLLABORATE WITH ARTISTS TO SUPPORT COFFEE RESEARCH

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The future of quality coffee is not a foregone conclusion and few know that better than World Coffee Research. A non-profit organisation, they have set themselves the audacious but laudable goal of supporting the development of varieties of coffee that are not only high yielding and climate resilient, but also delicious.  Partnering with Seattle-based drinkware

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