So far, at best, tea farmers have farms. Meanwhile, tea factories are mostly owned by investors, because they require a lot of investment. However, after all this time, finally there is also a tea factory that is owned by tea farmers. This factory is called the Smallholders Tea Factory “Iroet” which is located in Cisaat,…
Asaff 2018 is Ready to Be Held
(HKTI) is ready to be held on 28 – 30 June 2018 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta. The press release from the 2018 ASAFF Committee received by Republika.co.id, Monday (25/6) stated that ASAFF 2018 carries the theme “Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: Agricultural Innovation and Food Security”. There are five main program activities, namely…
Paninggaran Tea Products Become Community’s Favorite
The Pekalongan Regency Government currently is developing its nature potential, i.e. green tea of Paninggaran District, which grows in a mountainous area above 1,000 meters above sea level. The following is Suara Merdeka journalist Nur Khaeruddin reporting it in two series starting today. AFTER coffee from Petungkriyono District, Pekalongan Regency, was successfully developed as a…
Premium Green Tea Becomes Featured Product: Pekalongan Builds Paninggaran Tourism Destination
The tea commodity in Paninggaran District is a former PIR Program and has been cultivated since 1986. The total land area is around 511 hectares. Now hundreds of tea farmers in Paninggaran District, are able to produce premium quality green tea. With assistance from the Jateng Berdikari Foundation, Business Watch Indonesia (BWI), and the Pekalongan…
Paninggaran Tea Production Tastes Good
KAJEN – Monday (9/4/2018), on the sidelines of attending the Tea Time for the Pekalongan Regency Government at PT. Pagilaran Kaliboja Paninggaran District, Regent of Pekalongan KH. Asip Kholbihi, SH., M.Si took the time to visit the cooperative that produces tea in Sawangan Village, Paninggaran District. The name of the cooperative is Paninggaran Berdikari Makmur,…
Government Efforts to Prevent Decreasing National Tea Area
Agrofarm-Deputy for Food and Agriculture Coordination at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Musdhalifah Machmud said, in order to maintain the sustainability of Indonesian tea plantations, her side is pushing for the acceleration of new plantings on land owned by smallholder tea farmers in PHBM (Joint Community Forest Management) lands. The area of Indonesian tea…
Ministry of Trade Holds Tea Exported Products Clinic to Encourage Business Actors to Increase Competitiveness
The Ministry of Trade continues to make efforts to diversify Indonesian tea products so that they have added value and are competitive to strengthen the export market for tea commodity. One of these efforts was carried out through a seminar entitled Exported Product Clinic ‘Opportunities for Exporting Tea Products Abroad’ in Bandung, West Java, Wednesday…
Garut Tea Farmers Now Have Their Own Factory
Deputy Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said he had inaugurated the Smallholders Tea Factory “Iroet” in Cisaat, Sukatani Village, Cilawu District, Garut, West Java. According to him, smallholders tea “Iroet” is expected to reduce farmers’ dependence on (large) factory owners. “As well as increasing revenue from the added value of the tea products produced,” he told…
First People’s Tea Factory in Indonesia Rp 3.5 Billion Built in Garut
Garut – Smallholders Tea Factory “Iroet” is the first tea factory in Indonesia owned by tea farmers; tea factory is usually owned by corporations. The factory is located in Cisaat, Sukatani Village, Cilawu District, Garut, West Java. “Today we see a historic event, the first tea cooperative in Indonesia which is established by tea farmers…
Businesses Urge the Government to Tighten Tea Imports
JAKARTA. Tea industry players asked the government to apply non-tariff barriers to block the onslaught of tea imports. This can be done by imposing standards or tightening the quality of tea imports. Dede Kusdiman, General Chair of the Indonesian Tea Association (ATI) asked that regulations on tea imports be made like tea exports. For tea…