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Underinvestment in R&D drives instability, consolidation, and loss—fewer farmers and fewer countries growing coffee, and greater supply instability.
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About This Webinar
In 2022, as a response to member company input that reflected an increasing interest in robusta, WCR initiated a study of the potential for breeding to support the industry’s robusta needs, led by expert breeding design consultants AbacusBio.

AbacusBio’s holistic analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing robusta, including the outlook for future supplies, is now complete. WCR will soon release a report summarizing the findings for WCR member companies.

Join us for a member-exclusive webinar about the survey results and our plans moving forward for robusta, featuring a conversation between WCR’s Director of Research & Development, Dr. Tania Humphrey and AbacusBio Consultant Tom Kirk. The event will include a presentation, discussion, and Q&A portion.
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Tania Humphrey
Director of Research & Development, World Coffee Research
Tania Humphrey is the Director of Research & Development (R&D) of World Coffee Research and oversees WCR’s research portfolio. She is passionate about innovation in agriculture and combines a business approach with a strong understanding of science to achieve real-world impact. Tania holds a Ph.D. in Plant Science from the University of Queensland, Australia, and, in her early career, she held research positions at both the University of Toronto and Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada. Prior to WCR, Tania served as the Vice President of R&D at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Canada where she led a team of scientists, engineers, and technical staff in plant variety development, biocontrol, and automation technologies for a wide variety of crops, including tree crops like apples and peaches, and others such as greenhouse vegetables, sweet potatoes, and roses.
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Tom Kirk
Consultant, Abacus Bio
Originally from New Zealand, now based in the UK, Tom has been a breeding program consultant with AbacusBio for 6 years and has experience across a wide range of animal and plant species. Tom specializes in economic and environmental analyses of genetic improvement, including modeling trait-level impacts on farm performance and measuring system-wide impacts of breeding program changes. Tom also carries out a range of market research, assessment, and forecasting work, helping guide breeding program strategy and investment decisions for clients large and small.
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Alexa Heinicke
Senior Corporate Membership Manager
Alexa focuses on stewarding relationships with our 200+ member companies and engaging them in our work to demonstrate clear investment value. She is excited to recruit more companies for this collective investment that will benefit millions of smallholder farmers and is vital to the future of every business in our industry. Alexa has a range of experience in nonprofit fundraising and corporate investor relations, in both the U.S. and Europe. She has a degree from Babson College and is based in Munich, Germany.
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