The Coffee Research Foundation released another disease-resistant variety in 2010; the Batian. The Batian can resist CBD and CLR. But what makes the Batian exceptional, is the morphological features similar to the SL28. In the field, you might mistake a Batian for an SL28. And in the cup, the Batian matches the quality of the […]
The SL 28 cultivar was selected at the former Scott Laboratories (now the National Agricultural Laboratories, NARL situated at Kabete) on a single tree basis from the Tanganyika Drought Resistant variety selected in Northern Tanzania in 1931
Ruiru 11 is a compact, high yielding variety developed in Kenya to allow for more intensive coffee production with fewer losses from disease and pests.