Association Scientifique Internationale pour le Café
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Association Scientifique Internationale pour le Café (ASIC) (established 1966 in Paris
) was initiated by Institut Français du Café et du Cacao, to "establish an inventory of scientific and applied knowledge and to encourage, carry out and coordinate research likely to contribute to a better use of coffee and its derivatives and to the improvement of coffee quality in the mutual interest of producers, wholesalers, industrialists and consumers."
ASIC has been active in major areas of coffee production such as agronomy
, chemistry
, physiology
and logistics
.
It organizes the annual Scientific colloquium on coffee, the ASIC 2008 to be held in Campinas
, Brazil
, and publishes
bulletins on scientific development.
ASIC is governed by a fifteen-member Board, of which not more
than 1/4 represent private industry.
Its president is Andrea Illy
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) was initiated by Institut Français du Café et du Cacao, to "establish an inventory of scientific and applied knowledge and to encourage, carry out and coordinate research likely to contribute to a better use of coffee and its derivatives and to the improvement of coffee quality in the mutual interest of producers, wholesalers, industrialists and consumers."
ASIC has been active in major areas of coffee production such as agronomy
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
and logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
.
It organizes the annual Scientific colloquium on coffee, the ASIC 2008 to be held in Campinas
Campinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, and publishes
bulletins on scientific development.
ASIC is governed by a fifteen-member Board, of which not more
than 1/4 represent private industry.
Its president is Andrea Illy
Andrea Illy
Andrea Illy is an Italian businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of illycaffè S.p.A., a family coffee business founded in Trieste in 1933.-Life and education:...
.