Coffee Makes a Comeback

A Fresh Start

Coffee plantations in Sembalun, East Lombok, were left for dead after the government forced area farmers to grow garlic. Today, coffee is growing better than ever.

A smile forms on M.S. Wathan's lips when he talks about coffee.

Last August, his coffee plantationwhose crops had once failedpulled through with a bountiful harvest of 300 kilograms of red coffee beans. Sold for Rp6,000 per kilogram, Wathan now earns about Rp1,800,000 a

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