Back in May, The Crown and Equator Coffees co-hosted Greg Meenahan of World Coffee Research for a pair of speaking engagements devoted to sustainability and science. Since its founding in the 1940s, coffee research has been one of CATIE’s core pillars. El Salvador has Instituto Salvadoreño de Investigaciones del Café (ISIC) which developed the Pacamara hybrid, Tanzania has the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI), and Indonesia has Indonesian Coffee & Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI). Despite all this amazing work being done all over the coffee world, there is often also a lack of collaboration. Unsurprisingly, the level of resistance amongst coffee research institutions has been mixed.

Source: Ethiopian News June 28, 2019 15:33 UTC