

Community Impact
At Wapenamanda Coffee Exports Ltd, our commitment to the community extends far beyond coffee production. We collaborate with various partners and initiatives to uplift and support local coffee farmers, ensuring a positive impact on their lives and the quality of our coffee.
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Sucafina:
We work closely with Sucafina to enhance the quality of our supply chain. This collaboration focuses on:
1. Improving living standards, safe working conditions, and better health for all profiled coffee growers.
2. Elevating coffee quality through rigorous quality control measures.
3. Enhancing mill facilities, ensuring workers' health and safe working conditions.
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Farmer Support Programs:
- We offer premium prices to selected farmers, positively contributing to their living standards and economic prosperity.
- We support farmers with essential farming tools and equipment, enabling them to improve their farming practices.
- We establish coffee nurseries and deliver high-quality seedlings to farmers, ensuring a sustainable supply of coffee plants.
- Through coffee rehabilitation programs, we work with farmers to rejuvenate their coffee farms, improving both yield and quality.
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Partnerships:
- With the PNG Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC), we establish coffee nurseries and deliver seedlings to farmers, promoting sustainable farming practices.
- The Productive Partnerships in Agriculture Project (PPAP) assists us in providing farmers with tools, equipment, and support for coffee rehabilitation, ensuring long-term agricultural success.
Our integrated efforts focus on improving the overall well-being of our community, fostering a sustainable and prosperous future for coffee growers in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.


Training for Farmers
Coffee Rehabilitation training at Aparapalus village LowerLai.
A partnership training done by WCF Sucafina and EPG Provincial cash crops. Attended by 31 local farmers.

Prunning demonstration
As part of the coffee rehabilitation training, old-age coffee trees are being prunned by chainsaw at Aparapalus, LowerLai model farm.

CBB Infestation Monitoring
Staffs from WCF SUCAFINA, DAL CIC and CRI doing extensive Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) infestation surveillance and monitoring have been completed in all parts of Wapenamanda. The results? Zero signs of infestation!

Coffee Rehabilitation Tools
Coffee rehabilitation tools for pruning distributed to local farmers in Lower Lai.

Dry-bed for coffee
Coffee sundried at Kukas on newly built dry bed.

Pulping Machines being delivered
Pulping Machines and other agricultural tools are supplied to farmers.

Farmer Training
Profile Farmers in the rural areas are trained to farm A+ grade Coffee.

Sucafina supplied motor cycle to Staff
To ensure quality coffee is maintained by profile farmers, Wapenamanda Coffee staff engaged by Sucafina do routine visits. The motor cycle recently purchased is used to do their inspections.