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Harsh dry season sours harvest prospects for Java coffee farmers

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In East Java province, farmers have seen yields plummet as a protracted water deficit shrinks fruit and introduces pests. Total output is expected to drop by more than 20% this season, while increasingly frequent extreme weather may pose challenges to some smallholders. Indonesia is the world's fourth-largest producer of coffee, after Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia.

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Harsh dry season sours harvest prospects for Java coffee farmers

JEMBER, Indonesia — In good weather, Saturi’s coffee field here on a hillside on the east of Indonesia’s Java Island will produce around 2.5 metric tons of coffee beans over the course of a season. This year, he expects to get less than a ton. “The weather has meant there have been a lot of fires,” Saturi told Mongabay Indonesia at his home in Jember district in December. Saturi’s story reflects the plight of farmers more broadly in the world’s …

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