Following the self assessment of the Supplier Initiative, the LDC agronomists have come up with the main challenges within the supply chain in Indonesia. This project has been designed to address a continuous improvement approach to address the main identified challenges:

• Poor working conditions
• Poor agricultural practices
• Inadequate usage of pesticides and fertilizers
• Lack of general information (practices, regulations, market)
• Climate change effects
• Land degradation and deforestation

These issues cause income inconsistency and put farmers into difficult situation, without long term perspective

The project objective is to increase the earning capacity on a long-term perspective. The focus will be on training and agro-forestry.

• Agricultural practices in respect with environment and safety while working in the fields
• Economic topics on coffee market and finance
• Social conditions; specific training for women
• Collect and analyse soil samplings cross project area to help fertilizer management
• Invest hand testers to check pH and moistures of the soil to promoters who will facilitate directly in local and farmers
• Improve responsible use of pesticides and fertilizers to reduce toxic loading into environment (water, soil) by training for local facilitators and farmers, practising technical application in farms
• dedicated training to women – only with women and if possible provided by a woman
• Joined training with both husband and wife.

• Sustainability of land
• Equality of people
• Prosperity of farmers

• Gender and Youth Inclusivity
• Water
• Farm maganement
• Working Conditions
• Soil

• LDC and JDE team up to support Indonesian coffee farmers

  An estimated 125 million people around the world depend on coffee production for their livelihoods. 
  

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