Скачать или смотреть 🇵🇬 From Economist to Farmer Advocate: Michael Yanepa’s Coffee Mission in Lufa

In the hills of Lufa District, Eastern Highlands Province, a quiet coffee revolution is taking shape.

This interview features Michael Yanepa, Chairman of the Lufa-Oliguti Farmers Cooperative Society — an economist who gave up well-paying jobs in government and the private sector to return home and help coffee farmers build a better future.

Since 2020, the youth-driven cooperative has:
• Organised farmers into group marketing
• Helped farmers earn higher prices for coffee
• Facilitated National ID registration and bank accounts
• Delivered farmer training and equipment
• Built a major coffee warehouse under the PACD Project
• Laid the foundation for a tree-to-cup coffee model in rural PNG

Coffee supports nearly 90% of household income in Lufa. This story shows how organisation, leadership, and grassroots partnerships can turn subsistence farming into a sustainable rural enterprise.

🎤 Interview filmed in Oliguti, Lufa District
☕ Eastern Highlands coffee, straight from the source

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