Conservation of other tree crops in PNG:coffee

By  R. Bourdeix, XXXX and XXXX.
In construction

The Coffee Industry Corporation Limited

The Coffee Industry Corporation Limited was first established as the Papua New Guinea Coffee.
Marketing Board in 1963 and commenced operations in 1964. It then became the Coffee Industry Board in 1976 and finally to the Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd.

There is at present a total of 70 accessions of Coffea arabica and C. robusta introduced to PNG and maintained in the field and in vitro genebanks of the  Coffee Research Institute. Most plant materials are introduced from overseas in the form of micro-cuttings. When micropropagation fails to enable plant introduction, materials have been introduced as bare root seedlings or seeds. New materials introduced as micro-cuttings are multiplied in the tissue culture laboratory prior to field establishment and evaluation.

Contact

Coffee Research Institute Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea Coffee Industry Corporation. Coffee Research Institute.
PNG Coffee Research Institute, Kainantu
Téléphone : +675 537 3518

References

PNG Coffee Industry Strategic Plan 2008 – 2018
Engelmann, F., Dulloo, M. E., Astorga, C., Dussert, S., & Anthony, F. (2007). Conserving coffee genetic resources. IRD Editions.