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Enhancing farmer engagement with specialty coffee chains in eastern Indonesia (AGB)

Project ID:
SMAR/2007/063
Collaborating Countries:
Indonesia
Commissioned Organisation:
University of Sydney, Australia
Project Leader
Dr Jeff Neilson
Phone: 02 9351 7669
Fax: 02 9351 3644
Email: jneilson@geosci.usyd.edu.au
Collaborating Institutions:
  • Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology, NTT, Indonesia
  • Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute, Indonesia
  • Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Project Budget:
$332,862
Project Duration:
01/06/2008 - 31/05/2011
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Mr David Shearer
Project Overview

The rapid growth in the international specialty coffee market is an opportunity for smallholders to improve economic returns in a number of developing countries, including Indonesia. Global consumers and specialty coffee buyers are demanding greater product quality, traceability and compliance with environmental and social standards, however smallholder producers are unable to meet these requirement and government agencies do not have the capability to support smallholders meeting these greater demand. This project will improve the capacity of the smallholder based coffee industry in South Sulawesi and West Timor (NTT) to successfully participate in the international specialty coffee market and improve the capability of Indonesian agencies to support this engagement. Through this improved engagement the livelihood of smallholder coffee farmers in eastern Indonesia will be improved.