by Adrian Bolliger | Feb 24, 2020 | Coffee, Farmer Organization, Indonesia, Processing
Radiating with determination and confidence, 28-year old coffee farmer Pak Eka Feri Anggrianwan, or ‘Pak Feri’ as he is generally known by his peers, carefully feels the surface of the harvested coffee cherries drying in the solar drier he constructed just one month...
by Mohammad Reiza | May 13, 2019 | Coffee, Coffee agronomy trainings, Indonesia
Inviting us to stand in a leafy green corner outside his house and holding up a hand-crafted, wooden bee box, Sofik beams as he tells us of his bees. “Since I started raising bees, the coffee on my farm is doing better, while the cash I earn from selling honey helps...
by Adrian Bolliger | Apr 3, 2018 | Climate, Deforestation, Forest, Indonesia, Origin, Sustainability
In partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society and together with leading global and domestic coffee companies, NGOs, local farmer groups and local government representatives, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung formally signed an agreement declaring our willingness to...
by Alisher Sharipau | Feb 8, 2018 | Coffee, Conference, Indonesia, South-South exchange, Vietnam
The official visit of the OKU Selatan District’s governor Mr. Popo Ali and his associates to Dak Lak province has been organized and hosted by Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung in November 2017 as a part of South-South exchange initiative. The visit of the Indonesian...
by Alisher Sharipau | Dec 25, 2017 | Coffee agronomy trainings, Indonesia, South-South exchange, Vietnam
Why does a farmer in Indonesia harvest 0.5 Mt of coffee per ha, whereas in Vietnam they get 2-4 Mt? It’s not just geography and climate. Both countries face unpredictable weather fluctuations. Rather, it’s agricultural methods. As the governor of OKU Selatan District...
