"Coffee Republic" Brings Sovereignty to Coffee Farmers

Kompas/Angger Putranto

A farmer harvests coffee beans in the village of Sukorejo in Sumber Weringin district, Bondowoso, East Java, on Tuesday (18/7). Picking the red beans is the standard operating procedure applied in the Ijen Raung coffee cluster to produce quality coffee.

The “coffee revolution” in Bondowoso, East Java, was carried out by local farmers in 2011, which was marked by the emergence of coffee clusters. Since then, the farmers have worked harder than usual. With the change, they are now free from the snares of middlemen.

Coffee clusters are part of the farmers’ efforts to implement change in the cultivation and post-harvest processing of their coffee.