Organic Arabica Blog

I have been working hard, from zero, developing my Online Coffee Store www.organicarabica.coffee but for almost a year, I have not yet completed the setting up of the site. I do not know what I should do next. In offline world, coffee business in Papua and Papua Barat provinces is being challenged significantly by government policies that are apparently not friendly to the business climate in the two provinces. What the government say are the opposite of what they actually do in the field. In the middle of setting up my Online Store I came across with various statements from government officials in Papua and Papua Barat provinces that clearly indicate they are not up for coffee development here, in this part of the Isle of New Guinea. I searched on the Internet, typing the term "Papua Coffee" and I found out most of the websites are from Papua New Guinea, eastern part of the Isle of New Guinea. Papua Coffee, from East and West New Guinea are organic coffee, and they are Arabica Coffee, therefore, they are Specialty Coffee. I, Jhon Yonathan Kwano, pray that somebody in this planet Earth will come out to me, offer me assistance to build my Online Store for my Papua Coffee and help me further develop Papua Online Store. I am praying while waiting.

I have a second story on government policy. This time is not about the provincial government, but at lower level. In Indonesia it is called Regency Leve, same as County Level in other parts of the world. As I mentioned before, the governor has made a public statement in front of Rev. Ki'marek Karoba Tawy and his church members that he will make the Papua Coffee become one of the best coffee in the world. But the government of Jayawijaya Regency, with police and army commanders in the region are saying and doing just the opposite. One possible scenario is that the governor actually lied to his GIDI church founder, Mr. Karoba: in open statement he promised to develop coffee in Papua Province but in reality he ordered his subsidiaries to neglect, and even divert the coffee development in the highlands of Papua. Whatever it is Luas Enembe is doing, I just want to mention what Wempi Wetipo as the Regent of Jayawijaya and Jhon Banua as the Deputy Regent of Jayawijaya Regency are doing. The recently made public announcement in an open cultural festival in Wamena that there is no policy on Coffee Development in Jayawijaya Regency. Jayawijaya Regency will focus on Sweet Potatoe and other vegetables development, and this means we bring to an end the coffee development in this regency. This statement was openly confronted by coffee farmers who were in the field, during the cultural festival, but they were disregarded. The regent was present with military and police officers. I want to ask you guys again, hello everybody out there, is this an obstacle or an opportunity for coffee business in Papua Province?