CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 

INTRODUCTION
 

PART 1. BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS
 

1.1 The Evolution of Specialty Coffees with Specific Quality Characteristics
Karlheinz Rieser
1.2 Understanding the Growing Environment for Coffee 
Laure Collet, Simon Cook, Till Stellmacher
1.3 Impact of Climate Change on Coffee Origins and on Coffee Quality 
Peter Läderach, Christian Bunn, Oriana Ovalle, Mark Lundy
1.4 An Agronomic Management Framework to Improve Coffee Quality
Peter Läderach, Jürgen Pohlan, Sandro Craparo, Laure Collet, Marcela  Estrada, Hermann Usma, Thomas Oberthür

 

 

PART 2. CROP MANAGEMENT

 

2.1 Implementation and Monitoring of Good Agricultural Practices
Jürgen Pohlan, Dennis Salazar Centeno, Marc J.J. Janssens andJuan Carlos Torrico Albino
2.2 Crop Physiology
Fábio M. DaMatta and Samuel C.V. Martins
2.3 Breeding for Coffee Quality
Christophe Montagnon, Pierre Marraccini, Benoit Bertrand
2.4 Plant Nutrition
Thomas Oberthür, Tan Mei Shi, Hans Jürgen Alfred Pohlan
2.5 Impact of Field Pests and Diseases on Coffee Quality
Fabienne Ribeyre, Theresa Liebig, Jacques Avelino
2.6 Post Harvest Processing of Coffee Beans
Willem Boot
2.7 Observations on Post Harvest Processing by an Origin Focused Roaster
Pil Hoon Seu

 

 

PART 3. VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT

 

3.1 The Prerequisites for Sustainable Business Practices
Jürgen Piechaczek and Reinhild Bode
3.2 Business Models for Quality Coffee
Mark Lundy, Gertjan Becx, Fernando Rodriguez, Thomas Oberthür
3.3 Measuring Impact at Origin
Meryl B. Olson, Rick Peyser, V. Ernesto Méndez, Sam Fujisaka, Thomas Oberthür,  Don Seville, Maria Ursula Georgeoglou
3.4 Laboratory Principles, Practices and Setup
Paul Songer
3.5 Opportunities for Digital Information to Support the Specialty Coffee Value Chain
Martin Wiesinger and Thomas Oberthür
3.6 India’s Specialty Coffee
T. Satyanarayana, T.S. Adarsha, Meenu Rani, Kaushik Majumdar

 

 

ANNEX

 

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