From crop to cup – a new genetic map could make your morning coffee more climate resilient
With their superior smooth taste and many fine varieties, arabica coffee beans make up around 60%-70% of global coffee production.
- With their superior smooth taste and many fine varieties, arabica coffee beans make up around 60%-70% of global coffee production.
- Coffee cultivation also directly supports the livelihoods of 25 million family farmers with another 100 million people involved in coffee processing and retailing.
- This study could help produce coffee varieties with higher yields and more resilience to climate change.
- With more detailed information about the genetic makeup of coffee, researchers can begin to use these methods to improve coffee varieties.