Cooperative Extension (CE)

Cooperative Extension (CE) provides non-formal science-based education to enrich the lives and livelihood of farmers, consumers and families in Hawaiʻi. As the outreach component of UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, CE extends practical applications of science to support local food systems, healthy living, youth development, and the stewardship of natural resources for future generations.

Together with the Community

2 May 2018

Helping Each Other With CBB

Helping Each Other With CBB
Cooperative Extension’s Alyssa Cho, Andrea Kawabata, Jen Burt, and Matt Miyahira (TPSS) organized the 2018 Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) Conference held last Wednesday in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island. It was an informative event where 115 farmers, researchers, Cooperative Extension faculty and staff, and other agricultural professionals gathered to learn about and share their latest CBB research and on-farm management experiences. CBB-related oral and poster presentations were provided by O‘ahu and Big Island coffee farmers; representatives from USDA, CTAHR, and HDOA; and visiting faculty from the University of Puerto Rico. Research and Extension projects from Hawai‘i and Puerto Rico included such topics as CBB reproduction, pruning, biocontrol, management cost analysis, and the impact of hurricanes on coffee production. Selected presentations can be viewed at the Hawaii Coffee website. The conference was sponsored by the Coffee Berry Borer Areawide Program and Crop Production Services. An article in West Hawaii Today also discusses one of the presentations at the conference.