The seventh edition of the India International Coffee Festival (IICF) will be held in Bengaluru from January 16-19.
The four-day IICF 2018, being organised by the India Coffee Trust and State-run Coffee Board to promote the Indian coffees globally.
IICF 2018 would be a precursor to the International Coffee Organisation’s World Coffee Conference being hosted by India in Bengaluru in 2020.
The Board was working with artificial intelligence and biotech firms to find a solution to the pest menace like problems posed by the white stem borer to the arabica variety.
Coffee white stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes, is a serious pest of arabica coffee causing a yield loss up to 40 per cent in all coffee growing areas of India.