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UBDDA PARTNER WITH CIC TO SUPPORT COFFEE FARMERS

The Unggai Bena District Development Authority (UBDDA) and the Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd (CICL) have entered on a three-year partnership (2023-2025) to progress and increase coffee production in the district. Following a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which was signed in September 2023, the Unggai Bena MP Hon.Kinoka Hotune committed K2 million under this partnership for coffee development work in his electorate. The first installment payment of K100, 000.00 was presented to CICL on Tuesday, November

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NEW COFFEE EXPORT OFFICE COMPLEX NEARS COMPLETION

The new coffee exports office complex currently being constructed in Lae, Morobe Province is nearing its final stages of preparations before it can be commissioned before the end of 2023. This was made known during a technical meeting between the Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd (CICL), Contractor and the Contract Manager on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 in Lae, Morobe Province. CICL Chief Operations Officer Steven Tumae and his team met with the contractor and project architect

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Participants complete coffee processing training

Coffee extension officers from the Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) together with coffee stakeholders undertook a 2 weeks intensive workshop on coffee processing at the Kosem Coffee Ltd in Banz, Jiwaka Province. The workshop started on August 14th and ended on August 25th, 2023. Participants were taken through hands-on training on new processing methods for Washed Honey and Natural coffee. Workshop facilitator and owner of Kosem Coffee Limited, Mark Munnull said all of the methods under

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FOOTBRIDGE FOR COFFEE FARMERS IN GUMINE

A 42-meter footbridge that will serve coffee farmers in Omkolai in the Gumine District of Simbu province has been successfully completed and ready to be opened in early September 2023. The footbridge is a government funded project under the Coffee Industry Corporation’s Coffee Access Road Project with an investment of K529, 000.00. According to chief executive officer Charles Dambui, he said the project span was for three months however he was pleased that the footbridge

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PNG PARTICIPATES AT MICE 2023

 Nine coffee stakeholders from Papua New Guinea will be participating at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) from August 17-19, 2023. Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) Chief Operations Officer Steven Tumae said as the authority responsible for providing leadership and services for the coffee industry in Papua New Guinea, it is pleased to be supporting this international event with the support of the Australian Government through the Australia PNG Economic Partnership (APEP) program. He said CIC’s

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CBB TRAINING MODULES LAUNCHED UNDER PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH

Extension training modules for managing coffee berry borer (CBB) using simple, low input, low cost and cultural control techniques was launched in Goroka on Wednesday, August 9th, 2023. The modules were launched by Coffee Minister Hon. Joe Kuli in the presence of the Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) representatives, Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) staff and management and coffee industry stakeholders in Goroka. The project funded by the Australian Government through ACIAR was initiated in

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