Coffea Arabica is a three channel simulation of the effects of climate change on coffee plant growth, epidemiology, and path to market.Coffee bean production makes up to ten percent of Ethiopia’s GDP (881 million in 2016). Forty-one percent of Ethiopia’s coffee is grown in wild forest and semi-forest, rather than plantation monucultures. This wild genetic stock also holds importance for the future of the beverage: genetic diversity safeguards against the spread of pest and disease epidemics, and directly relates to a diversity of future flavor profiles, which in turns effects future markets.
