“Coffee is an integral part of tourism in Samosir Regency”, said Vice Regent Mangadap Sinaga in a meeting between NSCF-North Sumatra Coffee Forum and Government of Samosir Regency of North Sumatra Province of Indonesia.
Photo 2: Traditional House of Samosir Regency.
(a) Right: the original or pure traditional house with unique door; you have to bow to enter the house; (b) Left: the door has been modified. In front of the house, you can see a very old woman, 80 years old, a coffee grower, was preparing firegrass for cooking. Bataknese women are hard working women. (Photo was taken on 22 August 2011 on Samosir Island. The houses locates precisely at the beach of Lake Toba in Samosir Island).
(a) Right: the original or pure traditional house with unique door; you have to bow to enter the house; (b) Left: the door has been modified. In front of the house, you can see a very old woman, 80 years old, a coffee grower, was preparing firegrass for cooking. Bataknese women are hard working women. (Photo was taken on 22 August 2011 on Samosir Island. The houses locates precisely at the beach of Lake Toba in Samosir Island).
Mangadap
Sinaga and his officers and staffs informed many strategic and useful
information as followings. Vision is to be tourism regency. Samosir regency has
the most beautiful and largest lake on the world. However, 75% of the land locates
in slope area which cannot be cultivated intensively. For this area coffee must
be the promising solution. Coffee will be integral part of tourism. Nowadays, coffee
growers are 5,100 households. Coffee plants covers 2,900 hectares with
production in amount of 2,600 tons of coffee bean per year mostly Arabica coffee.
Abundant of uncultivated area -thousands of hectares- are still available for
coffee. Samosir regency is an ideal land for Arabica coffee because it locates on
900-1600 meter above sea level. Hence, the Samosir Regency area is very suitable for commercial and specialty coffee. Taste and aroma of Samosir coffee belongs to world’s
best coffee. Samosir coffee are sold solely in form of bean. Government has
plans such as to increase production and productivity, to increase coffee area,
to stimulate coffee industry. Samosir government
invites coffee investors.
Photo 3: Sabam Malau standing on coffee field at the edge of Lake Toba of Samosir Regency of North Sumatra of Indonesa. Toba Lake is the largest and most beautiful world's lake.
Amids
the discussion, NSCF Chairman Sabam Malau revealed coffee situation in Samosir
Regency due to existing attacts of coffee berry borer (CBB) in Samosir Regency.
Sabam Malau presented data of his survey in Samosir Regency (Click here Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei). Based on the data,
Sabam Malau suggested to Vice Regent that action programs against CBB have to
be decided immediately. Sabam Malau added that NSCF is available to help.
Photo 4: (front, left to right) TF Simbolon, Sabam Malau, Bharaty, M. Malau, Darwin L. Harianja; (background, left to right) Nina, Arman Ginting, Denny Indra Simangunsong.
Sabam
Malau and Mangadap Sinaga agreed and decided to work closely in which NSCF will
educate the coffee growers by implementing NSCF’s Good Agricultural Practice in
Coffee (Click here Good Agriculture Practice in Coffee Field ). Entry point will be the eradication of CBB. The first activity will be held
in Pangururan on 22 September 2011 in which NSCF will give presentation to around
100 coffee growers and stakeholders. The goal is to awake the awareness of
coffee stakeholders about the danger of CBB. NSCF and
Samosir Government will facilitate the meeting. NSCF will be donated by USAID for the gathering.
Thanks.
Kind regards.
Dr. Ir. Sabam Malau
NSCF Chairman