Papua cocoa and coffee development

For cocoa farmers in Indonesia’s Papua region, growing a good crop is only one part of the challenge. The value they receive also depends on how beans are handled after …

The cocoa industry in Papua is entering a new phase as the Indonesian government looks beyond the sale of raw cocoa beans and begins exploring a wider industrial ecosystem in …

For farmers in Papua, the future of cocoa may increasingly depend on what happens beyond the boundaries of their plantations. On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the Papua Sustainable Cocoa Roadmap …

Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea are seeking closer cooperation to build more sustainable cocoa and palm oil value chains, bringing environmental protection, farmer welfare, and access to global markets …

In Papua Tengah (Central Papua), coffee is increasingly being treated as more than an agricultural commodity. For the provincial government, it is becoming part of a broader effort to build …

Indonesia has stepped up efforts to turn Papua Tengah (Papua Tengah) into one of the country’s emerging cocoa-producing regions with an ambitious agricultural programme that includes the distribution of 3.6 …

The real test of Papua’s development challenge is not the grand announcements in Jakarta but whether public services can reach villages separated by rivers, mountains, forests and vast stretches of …

Early in the morning in Wamena, the air is still cool when farmers begin their work. Coffee trees grow between other crops, not in large plantations but in small, scattered …

In parts of Papua Barat (West Papua) province, cocoa trees are not new. They grow behind houses, along village paths, and in small plots that families have tended for years. …

In many villages in Papua Barat, cocoa trees grow quietly behind wooden houses and along the edges of small family farms. The green leaves on the trees give shade to …