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Australian Government Thanked for Coffee Cupping Project (22/08/11)

The Australian Government was thanked for its assistance to smallholder coffee growers in PNG with quality coffee training aimed at improving their livelihood.

Chief Executive Officer of the Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd, Mr. Navi Anis expressed his thank you during the coffee cupping training at the National Sporting Institute, in Goroka, last week.

“I acknowledge and thank the Australian Government and AusAid via the Agriculture Innovative Grant Scheme (AIGS) for funding a coffee quality project for the
smallholder farmers to enter niche markets overseas, said Mr. Anis.

He said the plantation and block sectors are diminishing due to mismanagement, high cost of inputs, land tenure and other social
problems, and the focus is now on the smallholder farmers to drive
the PNG coffee industry.

Mr. Anis said the majority of the PNG population are smallholder coffee growers in remote areas and the Australian Government’s investment
in the project is significant to them as it will enable them to improve the quality of coffee at a consistent rate and continue to get higher income
to improve their livelihood.

The quality training involved 14 communities in the three major coffee growing provinces of EHP, Simbu and WHP.

The participants have completed post harvest quality training earlier  and did the protocols of cupping coffee recently.

The training was facilitated by representative from ‘Five Senses’, an Australian based private coffee company and endorsed by the Specialty Coffee Association of Australia and CIC.
Apart from the coffee quality project, the Australian Government and its agencies continue to assist the PNG coffee industry and CIC with its strategic plans, coffee curriculum and improving livelihoods of coffee farmers, capacity building, overseas scholarships, among others.

 

 

 

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Updated: October 5, 2011