Partners and reviewers
A special thanks to the following individuals and institutions who provided expertise and information to guide the development of the full catalog.
Arabica catalog
The arabica catalog was developed in consultation with coffee experts from across Central America and Africa. It is the result of visits to 16 countries and interviews of nearly 180 people from some over 100 private and public bodies involved in national or regional coffee sectors in Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa.
- Costa Rica
Instituto del Café de Costa Rica (ICAFÉ) - El Salvador
Fundación Salvadoreña para Investigaciones en Café (PROCAFÉ)
Consejo Salvadoreño de Café - Guatemala
Asociación Nacional del Café (ANACAFÉ) - Honduras
Instituto Hondureño del Café (IHCAFÉ) - Jamaica
Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) - Kenya
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) - Malawi
Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS) - Nicaragua
Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Panama
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuarío (MIDA) - República Dominicana
Consejo Dominicano del Café (CODOCAFÉ) - Perú
Junta Nacional de Café (JNC) - Rwanda
Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) - Uganda
National Coffee Research Institude (NaCORI) - Zimbabwe
Coffee Research Institute
The following individuals provided expertise and information to guide the development of this catalog:
- Noël Arrieta, Instituto del Café (ICAFE), Costa Rica
- Francisco Anzueto, World Coffee Research
- Fabian Echeverria Beirute, Texas A&M University
- Job Chemutai Alunga, National Coffee Research Institude (NaCORI), Uganda
- Jane Cheserek, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Kenya
- Nathan Kachiguma, Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS), Malawi
- Simon Martin Mvuyekure, Rwanda Agriculture and Livestock Development Board (RAB), Rwanda
- Pardon Chidoko, Coffee Research Institute (CRI), Zimbabwe
- Gusland McCook, Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA)
- Dulce Obin, PROMECAFE
- José Arnold Pineda, Instituto Hondureño del Café (IHCAFÉ), Honduras
- Oscar Ramos, Fundación Salvadoreña para Investigaciones en Café (PROCAFÉ), El Salvador
- Carlos Mario Rodríguez, Starbucks
- Susana Schuller Petzold, Junta Nacional de Café (JNC), Peru
- Alfredo Zamarripa, RD2 Vision (formerly)
Robusta catalog
The robusta catalog was developed in consultation with coffee experts across the world in South America, Central America, North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The following individuals and institutions that provided expertise and information to guide the development of this catalog:
- Alexsandro Lara Teixeira, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil
- Alfredo Zamarripa, National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Mexico
- Camila Nader, Nestlé, France
- Catherine Kiwuka, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda
- DaPeng Zhang, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA
- Dinh Thi Tieu Oanh, Western Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (WASI), Vietnam
- Fabrizio Arigoni, Nestlé, France
- Gava Ferrão, Capixaba Institute for Research, Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (INCAPER), Brazil
- Gonzalo Contreras, Nestlé, Mexico
- Hurtado Mario, MERCON Coffee Group, Nicaragua
- Kurian Raphael, Tata Coffee, India
- Mario Fernandez, Specialty Coffee Association, USA
- Nayani Surya Prakash, Former Director of Research Coffee Board, India
- Rafael Chan, Nestlé, France
- Robert Adomati, UGACOF, Uganda
- Sunalini Menon, CoffeeLab Ltd., India
- Tracy May Adair, J.M. Smucker Co., USA
- Trinh Duc Minh, Buonmathuot Coffee Association, Vietnam
- Tyler Youngquist, Smucker’s, USA
- Ucu Sumirat, Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI), Indonesia
- Valerie Poncet, Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France