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With climate change threatening coffee cultivation, Nestlé experts are exploring how advanced data science and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to help select and breed more climate-resilient plants.
While more than 120 species of coffee exist, around 70% of the world’s coffee production is arabica. However, arabica has a lower tolerance to rising temperatures and is more susceptible to disease than other coffee plants, such as Robusta. Additionally, climate change is reducing the amount of arable land it is possible to cultivate coffee on, and water shortages are significantly reducing yields.
To help ensure a sustainable future for coffee cultivation, and support farmer livelihoods, Nestlé plant scientists are exploring new, higher yielding arabica varieties with greater resistance to disease and drought.
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