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JAVA KAYUMAS

Koperasi Surya Abada Kayumas

Family-owned farms in the neighbouring villages of

Curah Tatal and Kayumas on the island of Java,

form the membership that makes up Koperasi

Surya Abada Kayumas. Based in the East Javan

regency of Situbondo, members average 2ha each,

somewhere around 1500 trees. In total, the

cooperative cover near 400 hectares. Surrounding

them, coffee is mostly grown on government

owned estates.

Three collection and processing centres are

centralized to allow members access to

processing facilities quickly. Kayumas also

produce their own organic manure from cattle,

goats, and poultry also kept by the smallholders.

Resources are pooled to the benefit of the group.

Mainly producing the traditional Giling Basah, the

co-op have recently expanded into anaerobic

naturals and wet hulled anaerobics.

With the help of Fairtrade premiums which they have

been earning since gaining certification in 2018,

organic agroforestry practices have been taught.

These provide knowledge on irrigation systems,

landslide prevention, planting distances between

trees, shade & fruit tree planting, hunting bans and

biodiversity protection. All vital in an area that

relatively remote on the volcanic slopes of the Ijen

Plateau. They also produce their own organic manure

from cattle, goats, and poultry.

Community infrastructure has also been funded in this

way, with roads, toilets, warehouses and waste tanks

all being built since 2020. Trainings are provided in

agriculture, but also wider workshops have been held

to encourage youth in coffee farming and rebalancing

gender inequalities whilst considering the cultural

diversity too. The roads have allowed motorbikes to

assist in harvest, speeding the time taken for delivery

of cherry and increasing the load per journey.

The Process

Typically producing 5-6 tonnes of cherry per hectare, smallholders deliver cherry to one of three centralised processing centres belonging to the cooperative.

Beans are cleaned and sorted, and undergo a fermentation stage in tile lined tanks.

Raised beds are used for maximum airflow and quick drying, with tarpaulins spread out for the final stages where drying is slower.

Cherries are dried to export levels at Indokom, the exporter’s milling facility where the skin and parchement is also removed.

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Koperasi Surya Abada Kayumas

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