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Coffee has a significant role for Indonesia and become a source of income for 7 million coffee farmers, with some foreign exchange contributions. Coffee significantly contributes to environment conservation and provides many jobs. Agriculture Minister, Syahrul Yasin Limpo stated at the opening of the National Coffee Day in Jakarta, Wednesday 11.

"Coffee is one of the Indonesia prime commodities. Coffee is the commodity which has a source of foreign exchange. Being a provider of many jobs with growing strongly and it is an industrial raw material that needed nationally and globally. This is encouraged the growth of agribusiness areas andcontributed to supporting the implementation of existing environmental conservation" Minister said. 

Mr Limpo explained that  the extent area of the national coffee plantation is 1.23 million hectares with a production of 717, 9 thousand tons. Mr Limposaid that the number of farmers is around 7 million families and absorbing about 67.9 thousand workfoce. Syahrul said that in 2018, the value of Indonesia's coffee exports has reached 815.9 million US dollars with a volume reaching 279, 9000 ton//Brg