Coffee and Tea Research Directorate
To see basic change at family level and improved coffee and tea farmers livelihood in 2032 in Oromia
Mission statement
To generate or adopt technologies that increase production and productivity of coffee and tea through innovative knowledge building thereby improve the livelihood of coffee and tea farmers in Oromia in a sustainable basis
Strategic goals
Enhancing agricultural production and productivity through generating effective agricultural engineering technologies by increasing labor productivity, decreasing post-harvest loses, conserving soil and water, increasing water use efficiency, decreasing deforestation and indoor air pollution.
Objectives
- to generate, adopt or improve demand driven coffee and tea technologies that increase production and productivity, resistant or tolerant to biotic stresses and climate change
- to develop techniques that could mitigate or reduce the impact of climate change on production and productivity of coffee and tea
- to develop post harvest handling and processing technologies that reduce or mitigate environmental pollution and improve the product quality
- to transfer technologies and information, deliver training and technical services, generate ideas for policy issues and strengthen stakeholders linkage and partnership as a means to accomplish the mission
- a means to accomplish the mission
Coffee and Tea Research Process Teams (CT)*
- Coffee and Tea Improvement Research Team (CI)**
Component I- Breeding and Genetics Research
Component II- Biotechnology Research
- Coffee and Tea Management and Protection Research Team (MP)**
Component I- Cropping system and Management Research
Component II- Plant Ecology and Physiology Research
Component III- Pathology Research
Component IV- Entomology Research
Component V- Weed management Research
