Mongabay

More coffee, less gold: Sumatra farmers alarmed over revival of mine project

A recent stock exchange filing indicates that a gold mining project in Sumatra’s Gayo Highlands may soon be revived after being stalled due to popular opposition. The Linge Abong concession also ...
Mongabay

Sumatra coffee farmers brew natural fertilizer as inflation bites

Farmers in Indonesia’s Lampung province are making their own organic fertilizer in order to lessen reliance on volatile external supply chains. They’ve also diversified the number of crops they grow, ...
Nasdaq

Indonesia's Sumatra robusta coffee bean exports drop 55% y/y in March

BANDAR LAMPUNG, May 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia's shipments of Sumatra robusta coffee beans stood at 7,529.46 tonnes in March, a 55% drop on yearly basis, trade office data showed on Wednesday. Sumatra ...
inforum

Wife discovers Indonesian coffee her husband helped develop decades ago now sold at Costco

In 1989, Hans Kandel was helping poor Sumatran coffee farmers adopt and grow a disease-resistant coffee plant. A few weeks ago, his wife discovered that plant's beans have gone international. Hans and ...
Nasdaq

Indonesia's June Sumatra robusta coffee bean exports down 56.5%-govt data

Indonesia's Lampung province in June exported 6,608.8 tonnes of Sumatran robusta coffee beans, data from local trade office showed on Thursday, down 56.5% from the same month last year. JAKARTA, July ...