Tanzania: TaCRI releases new coffee varieties

Published 2022년 6월 9일

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The Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) has introduced new coffee varieties for commercial production to boost the country's coffee production. The new varieties include high yielding, disease-resistant Robusta Coffee and 19 Arabica hybrids, as well as four compact, high-quality coffee bean varieties suitable for high density planting. These new varieties are drought tolerant and are designed for areas that had previously stopped growing coffee due to insufficient rainfall. TaCRI plans to release at least three more varieties in the near future. Tanzania ranks fourth in Africa in coffee production and is the continent's leading producer of Arabica coffee.

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The Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) has released new coffee varieties for commercial production, in a bid to bolster the cash crop's production in the country. The varieties include grade 4 Robusta Coffee, a high yielding large bean which is said to be resistant to Coffee Wilt Disease (CWD). Others are 19 Arabica hybrids which feature 15 tall resistant to Coffee Berry Borer (CBB). Others are 4 compact resistant coffee bean verities which are considered to offer good quality coffee and are also suitable for high density planting. The move is part of the development of different coffee multiplication protocols at the Lyamungu based institution. "Development of drought tolerant varieties is bent on addressing climate change issues and of course encourage more production of the cash crop in Tanzania," explained Dr Damian Mtenga, a manager at TaCRI's Coffee Improvement Programme. According to the breeder, such new varieties are intended to be used in areas that had ...

Source: All Africa