Indonesia’s coffee production has dropped significantly, with ICCRI and WCR collaborating to promote the new Komasti variety

,.The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service predicts that Indonesia’s coffee exports for the 2023/24 season will be 32% lower than the previous year.Previously, excessive rainfall disrupted the development of coffee fruits, leading to a significant drop in coffee production. Now, high temperatures and drought are accelerating the spread of pests and diseases, hindering tree growth, and causing a shortage in coffee supply.

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2022,ICCRI(WCR),.They hope to demonstrate the high performance of the Komasti variety to local farmers through demonstration plots, encouraging increased cultivation of this variety in coffee-producing regions.

202557.WCR Asia Project Manager Nuzul Qudri said, “Although these trees have not yet gone through their first harvest, coffee farmers in the areas around the demonstration plots have already shown interest in Komasti. They observed that compared to the currently available local varieties, Komasti is more vigorous in the early growth stage.”

ICCRI,Komasti,,.Under careful cultivation, the potential yield of this variety is ±2.1 tons per hectare, with a planting quantity of 2,000 plants.Currently, Komasti coffee has begun spreading in several regions of Indonesia, including North Sumatra and South Sulawesi, among others.

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