Climate-smart production of coffee: Improving social and environmental sustainability

Part 1 Improving social and environmental sustainability
1.Global coffee production and sustainability: Carlos H. J. Brando, P&A Marketing, Brazil;
2.The coffee sector and smallholder farmers: Gabriele Regio, Oxfam, Italy;
3.Assessing and managing the environmental and social impact of coffee production: H. A. Jürgen Pohlan and Marc J. J. Janssens, University of Bonn, Germany; and Dennis José Salazar Centeno, Universidad Nacional Agraria Managua, Nicaragua;
4.Specialty coffees as drivers of change: H. A. Jürgen Pohlan, University of Bonn, Germany; Dennis José Salazar Centeno, UNA Managua, Nicaragua; Juan Carlos Torrico-Albino, UMSA La Paz, Bolivia; and Marc J. J. Janssens, University of Bonn, Germany;
5.Fair-trade coffee: how fair is fair?: Ruud Bronkhorst, InfoBridge Foundation, The Netherlands;
6.Advances in Arabica coffee breeding: developing and selecting the right varieties: Álvaro Gaitán-Bustamante, Juan Carlos Arias-Suarez and Claudia Patricia Flórez-Ramos, Colombian National Coffee Research Center (CENICAFE), Colombia;
7.Optimizing post-harvest practices in coffee cultivation: Carlos H. J. Brando and João Alberto P. Brando, P&A Marketing, Brazil;

Part 2 Sustainable pest and disease management
8.Insect pests affecting coffee: understanding agroecosystems and alternative methods of control: Luis Fernando Aristizábal-Aristizábal, Independent Consultant, USA;
9.Diseases affecting coffee: an overview: S. Daivasikamani and A. P. Ranjini, Central Coffee Research Institute, India;
10.Ecological perspectives on the coffee leaf rust: Zachary Hajian-Forooshani and John Vandermeer, University of Michigan, USA;
11.Coffee wilt disease: Julie Flood, CABI, UK;
12.Integrated management of nematodes of coffee: Regina M. D. G. Carneiro and Marcilene F. A. dos Santos, Embrapa Recursos Genética e Biotecnologia, Brazil;
13.Integrated management of soil-borne insect and fungal pests of coffee : Cesar J. Fanton and Renan B. Queiroz, Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (INCAPER), Brazil; and Laércio Zambolim, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil;
14.Integrated weed management in coffee production: Cláudio Pagotto Ronchi, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil;

Professor Reinhold Muschler is the Latin American Chair in Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity at CATIE (the Center for Agricultural Research and Higher Education), Costa Rica. Professor Muschler has worked with leading international organizations such the FAO, World Bank and IFAD, and is internationally recognised for his research on improving tropical smallholder agroecosystems for crops such as coffee.

“This book would make a fine addition to the library of any extension agent, Q Processor Pro, and even conscientious green coffee buyers. It illustrates how to think about improving the social and environmental sustainability of coffee production: by thinking of and treating coffee production as a complex system of interrelated and interdependent parts.” (Michael Wright, Oil Slick Coffee Company LLC, USA)

"This book that is based on extensive research by a wide range of internationally recognised experts, is of interest to all stakeholders in the coffee value chain, including extension workers and their organisations." (Book Review Published in the Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics)