25 Mar 2021

Grim outlook for Papua New Guinea coffee industry

From , 6:00 am on 25 March 2021

It is looking grim for the Papua New Guinea coffee industry if changes are not made.

a new report from the National Research Institute has pointed out some of the problems and some of the solutions.

Don Wiseman has been reading the report and joins us now. So coffee is a big deal in Papua New Guinea is it Don?

A family at the Anego plantation, outside Goroka town, Eastern Highlands Province preparing  coffee cherries for fermentation.

A family at the Anego plantation, outside Goroka town, Eastern Highlands Province preparing coffee cherries for fermentation. Photo: Courtesy of PNG Coffee Industry Corporation