Coffee is deemed to be a high-risk crop in light of upcoming climate changes. Agroforestry
practices have been proposed as a nature-based strategy for coffee farmers to mitigate and …

Coffee cup quality is primarily determined by the type and variety of green beans chosen
and the roasting regime used. Furthermore, green coffee beans are not only the starting …

Although various studies have assessed altitude, shade and postharvest processing effects
on biochemical content and quality of coffee beans, data on their interactions are scarce …

Coffee and banana are major cash and food crops, respectively, for many smallholders in
the East African highlands. Uganda is the largest banana producer and 2nd largest coffee …

Production of coffee, especially by small holders, is often associated with various forms of
shade management. To analyse the effects of shade on physical coffee quality and on …

For buyers of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in Central America, elevation and variety are
important indicators of quality. We compared coffee produced by three types of varieties …

BACKGROUND Coffee quality is a key characteristic for the international market, comprising
cup quality and chemical bean constituents. In Ethiopia, using total specialty cup scores …

The advantages of associating shade trees in coffee agroforestry systems (AFS) are
generally thought to be restricted mostly to poor soil and sub-optimal ecological conditions …

Intensively managed cropping systems with emphasis on productivity of the main crop can
benefit from additional ecosystem services brought by integration of trees in the system− but …

The coffee research community has maintained a long ongoing debate regarding the
implications of shade trees in coffee production. Historically, there has been contrasting …