Collaborating for climate-resilient coffee

Climate change is having a huge impact on farmers across the world, with many crops becoming unsuitable for new climatic conditions. We continuously research new varieties of seeds and plants that are more productive, more adaptable to climate change, and more resistant to disease and pests. For example, through our Nicaragua-based laboratory, Agritech, we work in collaboration with French agricultural research centre CIRAD to create new coffee varieties that are better adapted to climate change. In tests, our new varieties have proved to be 30–50% more productive than conventional types.

In addition, the ECOM SMS team manages a three million capacity nursery that uses pioneering technologies to develop plants of high yield and quality that are adapted to climate change.

Our varieties are available to producers as seeds, seedlings, acclimatised plants and in vitro plantlets. With good management, our varieties can produce average yields of 2-3 tonnes of green coffee per hectare.

Please find more information and our seed catalogue under the SMS section of our website.