The International Coffee Research Institute (ICoRI) research thematic areas include but not limited to:
- Coffee improvement, biotechnology and bio-safety
- Coffee genetics and epigenetics
- Eco-physiology and ecosystem services
- Coffee biodiversity, genetic conservation and utilization
- Soil, plant and water relationship in coffee
- Coffee pests (diseases, insects and weeds)
- Coffee Technology
- Coffee chemistry
- Coffee economics, marketing and policy
- Modeling and scenario analysis in coffee
- Climate smart coffee production
- Postharvest handling and value addition
- Coffee history and sociology
- Waste management and environmental protection