Under research consortium coordination office, there are eight chair groups each having chair group leader. These are
- Coffee genetics and biotechnology chair group
- Coffee protection and environmental management chair group
- Coffee Agronomy and Eco-physiology chair group
- Coffee chemistry and quality chair group
- Coffee biodiversity chair group
- Coffee socio-economics, marketing and policy chair group
- Coffee history and anthropology chair group
- Coffee value addition and byproduct management chair group