01/09/2026
๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฌ/๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ.
On Friday, 28 August, three (3)coffee cooperatives in Minamalo LLG, Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province, officially commissioned their newly constructed coffee storage sheds/resource centers.
The three (3) cooperativesโ Emagave Agri Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd, Ufeto Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd, and Siave Coffee Cooperative Society have received portion of the funding package for the construction of their coffee storage sheds/resource centers under Component 3.1 Productive Partnerships, of the CIC-PACD Project. The three cooperatives were co-partners under the lead partners Sorex Coffee Producers Ltd. The completion of the storage sheds will compliment and further strengthen the cooperatives on going group marketing which will also strengthen their capacity to work together and improve the benefits they receive from their coffee production.
Chairman of Siave Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd, Mr. Genori, highlighted that in the past, members did not fully appreciate the importance and value of their coffee trees. He said that after joining the cooperative and participating in the group marketing initiative created by Project Manager Mr. Potaisa Hombunaka, members began to see the importance of their coffee trees and the benefits of working together. Siave Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd has received more than K230,000 through its group marketing activities. Mr. Genori thanked the CIC-PACD Project Management Unit, under the leadership of Project Manager Mr. Potaisa Hombunaka and Project Partnership Coordinator Mr. Alphy Semy, for supporting the cooperative. He urged the three cooperatives to remain committed to group marketing, saying that working together would help them recognise the true value of their hard work in producing coffee.
CIC-PACD Project Manager Mr. Potaisa Hombunaka, who was present at the commissioning, congratulated the three coffee cooperative societies for officially registering with the Office of Cooperative Societies of Papua New Guinea and completing their CIC-PACD Project-funded storage sheds/resource centers. Mr. Hombunaka explained the importance of having proper coffee storage facilities. He said it was his dream to see coffee growers properly store their coffee and participate in group marketing. Having worked in the coffee industry for decades, Mr. Hombunaka said he had witnessed the struggles faced by coffee farmers and wanted to see meaningful improvements in their livelihoods before leaving the office. He described the Coffee Cooperative Crusade (3Cs) as a timely initiative that would help farmers receive better returns for their hard work.
Mr. Hombunaka further encouraged the farmers to value their coffee trees, saying that other things in farming may come and go, but coffee trees would remain as their โpaymastersโ by providing a continuous source of income for hardworking farmers. He also urged the Emagave Agri Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd, Ufeto Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd, and Siave Coffee Cooperative Society Ltd to prepare for upcoming seasonal events as Christmas approaches, while reminding them to continue working together and taking care of their coffee gardens. He said โLet us work together and make sure our paymasters (the coffee trees) well looked after before we continue to do whatever else we want to do,โ. Mr. Hombunaka again encouraged the three cooperatives to continue working together so they could achieve greater benefits from the coffee trees they have invested in and improve their livelihoods.
The three coffee cooperative societies are now officially registered and will continue with group marketing whose aim is to improve the livelihoods of the coop members through the income generated from their coffee gardens.
Few pictures captured at the scene ๐ท๐ณโค๏ธ
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