Abstract:
With coffee and tea still major sources of
Livelihood, NARO has helped introduce the
following:
Coffee varieties that are not only high
yielding but also resistant to the traditional
and emerging diseases. like coffee wilt.
brown eye spot and red blister. This has
been through good field management. and
the use of resistant materials.
Development of an Integrated Pest
Management System that has seen, for
example, the creation of a trap for the Black
Coffee Twig Borer with the use of the
'Mugavu' tree as a shade tree.