Farm
Growing and harvesting coffee: the farm, its crops and threats, and how cherries are picked.
Establishing a farm
2 entries · 7 coming- Establishing a farm · comingThe coffee belt
- Establishing a farmSite selection: climate, altitude and terrainWhich temperatures, rainfall, altitudes and slopes suit arabica and robusta coffee, how altitude stands in for temperature, and how research expects climate change to move suitable land.Source-checked
- Establishing a farm · comingChoosing a variety
- Establishing a farm · comingSoils for coffee
- Establishing a farm · comingAgro-climatic zones
- Establishing a farm · comingPlanting density and layout
- Establishing a farm · comingFarming systems
- Establishing a farmShade and agroforestryWhy coffee is grown under trees or in full sun, how shade is measured, and what shade trees change for microclimate, yield, bean size, pests, water and biodiversity.Source-checked
- Establishing a farm · comingLand preparation and soil conservation
Growing
10 coming- Growing · comingNutrition and fertilisation
- Growing · comingSoil acidity and liming
- Growing · comingNutrient deficiency symptoms
- Growing · comingOrganic fertilisers and compost
- Growing · comingPruning, stumping and renovation
- Growing · comingOverbearing and die-back
- Growing · comingIrrigation
- Growing · comingWeeds and ground cover
- Growing · comingIntercropping
- Growing · comingPesticide safety and residues
Harvest
1 entry · 1 comingPests and diseases
3 entries · 8 coming- Pest or diseaseCoffee leaf rustThe fungal disease that strips coffee trees of their leaves. How Hemileia vastatrix infects, why it spread from Ceylon to Hawaii, how resistance genes and races interact, and how producers control it.Source-checked
- Pest or diseaseCoffee berry diseaseThe fungal disease that attacks green arabica berries on the tree. How Colletotrichum kahawae infects, why wet highlands in Africa suffer most, how resistant varieties were bred, and why other regions guard against it.Source-checked
- Pest or diseaseCoffee berry borerThe small beetle that breeds inside the coffee seed. How Hypothenemus hampei lives and spreads, why warming lifts it to higher farms, what it does to weight and grade, and how producers and mills keep it down.Source-checked
- Pest or disease · comingCoffee wilt disease
- Pest or disease · comingLeaf spot diseases
- Pest or disease · comingBacterial diseases
- Pest or disease · comingNematodes
- Pest or disease · comingCoffee leaf miner
- Pest or disease · comingAntestia bugs
- Pest or disease · comingTwig and stem borers
- Pest or disease · comingMinor diseases and disorders
Pest management
3 coming- Pest management · comingIntegrated pest management
- Pest management · comingBiological control
- Pest management · comingClimate change, pests and diseases
Origin profiles
Country by country- Origin · comingBrazil
- Origin · comingVietnam
- Origin · comingColombia
- Origin · comingIndonesia
- Origin · comingEthiopia
- Origin · comingUganda
- Origin · comingIndia
- Origin · comingPeru
- Origin · comingHonduras
- Origin · comingGuatemala
- Origin · comingMexico
- Origin · comingKenya
- Origin · comingRwanda
- Origin · comingCosta Rica
- Origin · comingYemen
History
2 coming- History · comingCoffee, colonialism and slavery
- History · comingHow coffee spread around the world
Tools
1 toolSee also: Coffee cherry anatomy (plant)