Rabu 30 Aug 2017 15:30 WIB

Lampung coffee production shrink 40 percent

Red: Reiny Dwinanda
Robusta coffee grown at Ngarip, Ulu Belu, Tanggamus, Lampung.
Foto: Wihdan Hidayat/Republika
Robusta coffee grown at Ngarip, Ulu Belu, Tanggamus, Lampung.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDARLAMPUNG -- Lampung's robusta coffee production is predicted to shrink 30-40 percent this year on extreme weather last year.

"Last year too much rains resulted in the flowers of coffee to fall off especially in West Lampung," Deputy Chairman of the provincial branch of the Indonesian Association of Coffee Exporters (AEKI) Teddy Suryana said here on Wednesday.

Different from in previous years, coffee harvests in various areas in Lampung do not come at the same time, Teddy said.

He said coffee harvest that normally took place in July-September , may come later in November as a result of the extreme weather.