Indonesian coffee brands have opportunity to meet global demand: AEKI

The coffee farmers in Indonesia are rarely implementing the pruning method."

Semarang (ANTARA News) - Local coffee brands have a huge opportunity to meet the global demand, according to the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (AEKI) of Central Java.

"There is steady demand for coffee from markets, such as Japan, the United States, Western Europe, Italy, and Spain. However, the demand from some countries has continued to increase from time to time," Deputy of AEKI of Central Java Mulyono Susilo noted here on Friday.

Some countries having high number of coffee lovers are South Korea, China, and several Eastern European nations.

According to Susilo, the International Coffee Organization has forecast that by 2020, there will be a deficit of 10 million bags of coffee, taking into account that one bag contains 60 kilograms of coffee.

"The deficit is due to an increase in consumption in China and producer countries, such as Indonesia and Vietnam. Indonesia has an opportunity to meet the worlds coffee deficit," Susilo pointed out.

He added this is challenge for the Indonesian government, exporters, and farmers to develop their coffee businesses from the upstream to downstream.

"We really hope the coffee farmers would put in greater efforts in their plantations," Mulyono remarked.

He also expressed hope that the coffee farmers would accept advice on growing the plants more productively by applying the pruning method.

Pruning is a necessary technique that is not only required to maintain a healthy tree but also to keep quality and yield at their highest levels.

"The coffee farmers in Indonesia are rarely implementing the pruning method," he noted, adding that this method could boost the production and quality of coffee.

Pruning has been implemented in Vietnam and Brazil.

After harvesting, the unproductive branches are pruned for encouraging the growth of new tissue, which helps to generate dense flowering.

"This is what increases their coffee production," he added.
(Uu.KR-LWA/INE/KR-BSR/A014)

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