ABSTRACT
In recent years, the trend in coffee consumption has increased rapidly in various countries, especially in Indonesia. The government has predicted that there will be a significant increase in domestic coffee consumption in the coming years — the central government plans to increase the...
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The Agriculture and Food Industries Ministry (Mafi) through the Agriculture Department is ready to assist individuals who are interested in becoming coffee entrepreneurs, “from beginning to end” — starting with the preparation of the planting process, irrigation system to coffee processing.
Deputy director-general of the Department of Agriculture (Management and Regulatory), Datuk Zahimi Hassan said currently, there were only about 2,000 coffee growers in Malaysia, especially in Kedah, Johor and Sabah. The majority of coffee varieties grown are liberica and robusta.
According to data from the Department of Agriculture, the area of coffee cultivation in Malaysia in 2021 is 2,220 hectares (ha) compared to 2,114 ha in 2019.
Coffee production in 2020 was 4,241 tonnes compared to 3,559 tonnes in 2019, with the main producers being Johor and Sabah, he said.
“The coffee production figure is expected to increase yearly by taking into account the potential of coffee bean production according to the maturity of the trees,” he told reporters after the national-level 2021 World Coffee Day Celebration, here, today.
“The main problem in this industry is manpower which is needed to pick ripe coffee beans as not all beans in one stalk of coffee will ripen at the same time. Therefore, there is a need to re-pluck the ripe beans from that stalk at another time,” he said.
Zahimi said the government had approved an allocation of RM4.5 million under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) for the Coffee Plantation Industry Development Project which, among others, aims to provide infrastructure and post-harvest handling facilities as well as pest control equipment.
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