Coffee : growing, processing, sustainable production: a guidebook for growers, processors, traders, and Researchers

Capturing the entire value creation chain, this practical guide describes methods of coffee cultivation, harvesting, processing, storage, quality assessment, and economics. It is unique in incorporating latest research on the coffee plant, its pests and diseases, as well as biotechnological methods for improved breeds. It is likewise unique in addressing the long-term sustainability of current coffee production methods, showing modern alternatives to traditional practices. Richly illustrated with more than 900 color photographs, drawings, and diagrams, Coffee: Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production: A Guidebookfor Growers, Processors, Traders, and Researchers is the single most comprehensive practice-oriented guidebook for coffee producers, traders, and researchers. INDICE: Part I: Growing The Coffee Plant Botany, Genetics and Genomics of Coffee Coffee Selection and Breeding Coffee Propagation Biotechnologies Applied to Coffee Environmental Factors Suitable for Coffee Cultivation Establishinga Coffee Plantation Crop Maintenance Vermicomposting in Coffee Cultivation Organic Coffee Frost in Coffee Crops: Frost Characteristics, Damaging Effects onCoffee and Alleviation Options Importance of Organic Matter and Biological Fertility in Coffee Soils Sustainable Coffee Production Shade Management and itsEffect on Coffee Growth and Quality Part II: Pests & Diseases Coffee Pests inAfrica Major Pests of Coffee in the Asia?Pacific Region Nematodes in Coffee Coffee Diseases Viral Diseases in Coffee Resistance to Coffee Leaf Rust and Coffee Berry Disease Spraying Equipment for Coffee Quarantine for Coffee Part III: Harvesting & Processing Yield Estimation and Harvest Period Harvesting and Green Coffee Processing Ecological Processing of Coffee and Use of Byproducts Part IV: Storage, Shipment, Quality Green Coffee Storage Shipment of Green Coffee Green Coffee Defects Factors Influencing the Quality of Green Coffee CoffeeBean Quality Assessment Part V: Economics Economic Aspects of Coffee Production Technology Transfer Part VI: Data & Information Units and Conversion TablesInformation Sources Data on Coffee Acronyms and Terms used in Coffee Production

• ISBN: 978-3-527-32286-2
• Editorial: Wiley-VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 1040
• Fecha Publicación: 18/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés