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Atlantic Monthly: Can Coffee Drinkers Save the Rain Forest? - http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99aug/9908ecocoffee.htm
Article from the Atlantic Monthly about sustainable coffee |
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Coffeeresearch.org - http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/main.htm
Information on the plants and their botany, the range of the genus, climatic requirements, and cultivation. |
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Harvesting Coffee Beans - http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/harvesting.htm
Information on coffee harvesting with details of mechanical harvesting, stripping, and picking coffee beans. |
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Coffea arabica - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Coffea_arabica.html#Cultivation
Information on all aspects of coffee production and use. |
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Crop Profile for Coffee in Puerto Rico - http://www.ipmcenters.org/CropProfiles/docs/PRcoffee.pdf
General information on coffee production in Puerto Rico, its cultural requirements, insect, disease, weed and nematode control. |
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Growing Coffee with IPM - http://www.pan-uk.org/Internat/IPMinDC/pmn9.pdf
Detailed account of integrated pest management techniques for coffee growers. |
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Crop Profile for Coffee in Hawaii - http://www.ipmcenters.org/CropProfiles/docs/hicoffee.pdf
General information on growing coffee in Hawaii, production methods, insect pests, diseases and weed control. |
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Coffee Diseases and Pests - http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/diseases.htm
Provides information on coffee leaf rust, coffee berry disease, bacterial blight, nematodes and leaf miners which attack this crop. |
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Soil Analysis Examples and Coffee Nutrients - http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/soil.htm
Describes the nutrient requirements of coffee, the necessity of analysing the soil and correcting any problems found, and the use of coffee hulls and pulp as fertilizer. |
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Coffee Facts - http://www.coffeefacts.com
Provides information on the coffee bean, the plant, its cultivation, roasting, processing and consumption, and also provides coffee recipes and other interesting coffee data. |
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Coffee Production - http://www.itdg.org/docs/technical_information_service/coffee.pdf
This article concentrates on the harvesting and processing of the crop. |
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Coffee Farming - http://www.rombouts.com/uk/coffee/culture.html
Information on cultivating this crop including its botany, harvesting, extraction of the beans, processing, sorting and storing. |
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Coffee Development: From Bean to Cup - http://www.hollandbymail.com/coffee/coffee_bean_to_cup.html
Every step of coffee development is explained in this article, from growing coffee plants, through harvesting and processing, to the various quality checks needed before shipping roast coffee to other countries. |
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Biological Control of Coffee Berry Borer in Organic Coffee - http://www.naturland.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/International/English/Coffee_Berry_Borer.PDF
Article discussing the main cultural and biological methods for controlling this pest. |
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Online Shade Coffee Seminar - http://www.satglobal.com/coffe2ol.htm
Promotes shade growing over sun growing for environmental reasons. |
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The Coffee Project - http://www.thecoffeeproject.org.uk/coffee.php
Provides information on a project in Malawi to increase coffee production including details of the growing areas, cultivation practices, varieties, processing and marketing. |
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http://www.da.gov.ph/wps/wcm/resources/file/ebb0bd40cdca167/COFFEE.pdf - http://www.da.gov.ph/wps/wcm/resources/file/ebb0bd40cdca167/COFFEE.pdf
Information on the cultivation of this crop in the Philippines. |
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Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign - http://www.seattleaudubon.org/shadecoffee/index.html
Information about shade grown coffee, and its benefits to local ecologies. |
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http://www.jgames.co.uk/title/Coffee - http://www.jgames.co.uk/title/Coffee
Information on this product, its history, biology, cultivation, processing and uses. |
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Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics: Coffee - http://www.naturland.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/Publication/English/coffee.pdf
Covers all aspects of plant cultivation, harvesting, processing, handling, packing and storage. |