PGE and Bakrie University Explore Geotourism-Coffee Potentials
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VIVA – PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), part of Pertamina New & Renewable Energy, prioritizes social and environmental aspects, one is community empowerment by optimizing the potential of coffee plants around the operating area through the Coffee Learning House and Geotourism-coffee programs.
The Coffee Learning House and Geotourism-Coffee program is carried out by PGE Ulubelu Area, in Tanggamus Regency, Lampung Province, which is intended to improve the economy of coffee farmers.Â
General Manager of PGE Ulubelu Area, Andi Joko Nugroho, stated that PGE not only focuses on improving the economy of coffee farmers in Ulubelu but also educates coffee farmers to care about the environment Farmers must also be aware and care about the environment, so their agricultural activities can continue well.
"In collaboration with the Farmers Group Association (Gapoktan), we created the Rumah Belajar Kopi program in Pekon Sukamaju Ulubelu. The goal is to increase the capacity of coffee farmers, so the quality of coffee is produced and the selling price increases," Andi Joko said in a statement to the media on Tuesday, November 22, 2022.
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According to Andi, coffee farmers should focus on quality, not just quantity. That way the volume of coffee planting in protected forests can be reduced.Â
Based on Social Mapping 2019 data from Gadjah Mada University, 83.33 percent of Ulubelu residents work as coffee farmers. From this data, it is known that not a few coffee farmers plant coffee in protected forests.
In overcoming this, together with the Kopi Beloe fostered partner group and Agung Utara City (KPHL) and two Ulubelu Gapoktan, it was agreed to carry out environmental and sustainable coffee farming with shade planting activities for coffee farmers.
Not only that, but PGE Ulubelu Area also collaborates with Bakrie University Jakarta in the Kedaireka Kemendikbudristek Matching Fund program in developing the potential of geothermal-based tourism and coffee plantations through the Geotourism-Coffee program, at the Head Office in Ulu district, Belu, Tanggamus.
