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Fertilizer Optimization Combined with Coffee Husk Returning to Improve Soil Environmental Quality and Young Coffee Tree Growth
Coupling of coffee husk returning to the cultivated field along with application of optimal chemical fertilizer dozes whether could promote the...
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Impact of tree pruning on water use in tree-coffee systems on smallholder farms in Eastern Uganda
Tree pruning is an important tree management option for reducing shading effects and altering whole-tree water use in smallholder farming systems. In...
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Socioeconomic and biophysical factors affect tree diversity in farms producing specialty coffee in Caranavi, Bolivia
Specialty coffee (SC) production enables farmers to earn premium prices for high-quality coffee. In Bolivia, some coffee-based agroforestry systems...
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ShadeMotion: tree shade patterns in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems
Shade trees in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems provide valuable livelihoods and other ecosystem services. Unfortunately, most shade canopies...
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Coffee (Coffea spp.)
Coffee farming regions on the globe along the equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are generally called as the...
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Soil physicochemical properties and coffee production under canopies of Croton machrostachyus and Cordia Africana tree species in Sayo district, western Ethiopia
The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of Croton macrostachyus and Cordia Africana on selected soil physicochemical properties underneath...
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Ecosystem services in coffee agroforestry: their potential to improve labour efficiency amongst smallholder coffee producers
This paper investigates the potential labour efficiencies and socio-cultural benefits of agroforestry for coffee smallholders practising low input...
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Dynamics of native tree structure and diversity in coffee agroforest: a case study from Central Western Ghats
Agroforestry systems are the most promising land use practice for achieving both conservation goals and supporting rural livelihoods at landscape...
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Response of Arabica coffee collections to coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum kahawae), in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, resistant varieties and cultural disease management methods are commonly used to combat Coffee Berry Disease. However, the lack of...
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Shade canopy density variables in cocoa and coffee agroforestry systems
An estimated 3.4 million hectares of cocoa and 9.7 million hectares of coffee are cultivated, globally, under shade trees, i.e. in agroforestry...
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Soil nitrogen dynamics affected by coffee (coffea arabica) canopy and fertilizer management in coffee-based agroforestry
Nutrient management in coffee-based agroforestry systems plays a critical role in soil nitrogen (N) cycling, but has not been well documented. The...
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Determinants of Arabica coffee yield and farmers’ preference to shade trees species at Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Coffea arabica L. is one of the major economically important crops grown in the southwestern part of Ethiopia. However, the productivity of coffee is...
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Coffee berry disease: a century-old anthracnose of green berries of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in Africa
Coffee berry disease (CBD), anthracnose of green berries of Arabica coffee, chronicles 100 years in 2022. The disease was detected for the first time...
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Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review
As both coffee quality and sustainability become increasingly important, there is growing interest in understanding how ecological quality affects...
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Coffee trees intercropped with common beans: An opportunity to regulate the aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in coffee agroecosystems
The coffee aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) causes direct feeding injuries and vectors the coffee ringspot virus ...
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Genetic diversity and structure of the coffee leaf rust fungus Hemileia vastatrix across different coffee management systems in Ethiopia
Although coffee leaf rust (CLR), caused by Hemileia vastatrix , poses an increasing threat to coffee production in Ethiopia, little is known regarding...
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Chemical control against coffee berry disease: the efficacy of fungicides and berry position on disease incidence
Coffee berry disease (CBD) caused by Colletotrichum kahawae is a major constraint of Arabica coffee production in Africa. CBD-related losses in...
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The Application of Coffee Pulp Biochar Improves the Physical, Chemical, and Biological Characteristics of Soil for Coffee Cultivation
A field experiment was conducted for 2 years (2019 and 2020) to determine the response to the application of Biochar (BC) obtained from the coffee...
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Promising conilon coffee trees clones for agroforestry and intercrop** systems
This research aimed to select conilon coffee tree clones ( Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner) for agroforestry and/or intercrop** systems. The...
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Socioeconomics of Agroforestry for Coffee Production
Social and political factors that influence choice of resource production systems include international balance of trade, food sovereignty,...