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Arabica coffee manual for Myanmar Authors Edward Winston, Jacques Op de Laak |
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Arabica coffee manual for Myanmar
First published August
2005
National Library, Bangkok cataloguing-in-publication data:
ISBN: 974-7946-72-6
Includes index
Arabica coffee manual
for Myanmar - Edward Winston, Jacques Op de Laak, Tony Marsh, Okkar Aung, Keith
Chapman
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Disclaimer
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Government of Myanmar or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Readers should note that all the information contained in this book has been developed for coffee growers in particular areas of Myanmar, and may not necessarily apply to other areas or other countries.
Chapter 1. Coffee plant & site selection
History of coffee in Myanmar
Factors affecting yield and qualityGenetics (Genotype)
Varieties to plant
Environment (site selection)
Temperature
Rainfall and water supply
Soil type
Slope and aspect (slope % and direction)
Water supplyThe coffee plant and its management
Select the seed
Keep records
Nursery record book
Nursery management calendar
When to start the nursery
Calculate the amount of seed and the area required
Build the nursery shelter and beds
Plant the seed
Transplant into bags
Prepare potting mixture
Chapter 3. Field management & planting trees
Prepare the land
Plant windbreaks
Establish shade trees
IrrigationWhen to plant
Prepare the holes
Choose the plants
Planting procedureField management of young trees
Protect from frost
Control weeds and mulch plants
Water plants
Chapter 4. Nutrition & fertiliser management
Chapter 5. Pruning and tree management
Desuckering
Rejuvenation (Change of cropping cycle)
Irrigation
Intercropping in young coffee
Chapter 6. Harvesting and processing
Harvesting
Processing fresh cherryCoffee processing methods
Washing process for Arabica coffee
Quality assessment/improvement
Chapter 8. Quality and export standards
Understanding coffee quality standards
Green coffee scale
Aphids
Stemborers
Coffee berry borer
Mealybug
Leaf miner
TermitesCercospora (berry blotch & brown eye spot)
Coffee leaf rust
Sooty mould
Anthracnose
Overbearing or dieback
Chapter 10. Natural enemies and IPM
Chapter 11. Myanmar coffee market survey
Market strategy - recommendations
Coffee production
Marketing
Chapter 12. Myanmar coffee economics
Production costs for Arabica coffee
Associated investment risks
Crop/Phenological cycle for Arabica coffee in Myanmar