Having a quality, standardized coffee marketing system will enable smallholder farmers to earn better premium income from the coffee they produce.
This was the message received by farmers and coffee extension officers in a week long market training, which ended recently in Aiyura Eastern Highlands province.
International market experts from Australia told participants that farmers and other players along the value chain, should now look at standardizing the process of handling red cherries from picking right through to processing into green bean.
The training was an eye-opener for many, especially the farmers, as they did not realize the impact of poor post-harvest practices which led to determining bad cup quality of their produce.
The training brought in participants from progressing coffee cooperative groups from the Highlands and Morobe, and CIC provincial farmer training and extension officers from around the country.
The market training was made possible by the Coffee Industry Corporation in partnership with Peter J. Batt and Associates, Crawford fund of Australia, and Curtin University of Technology.
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