Amran Allocates Rp 40 Billion for Aceh Coffee Nursery Replanting After Disaster

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has budgeted up to Rp 40 billion for replanting coffee in Aceh affected by the disaster.

Amran conveyed this information when asked for comment on the rise in domestic Arabica coffee bean prices by 30 to 40 per cent due to the disaster that hit the Gayo area in Aceh at the end of November 2025.

“The budget we have prepared is approximately Rp 30 billion to Rp 40 billion,” said Amran when met at his residence in Kalibata, Jakarta, on Wednesday (6/5/2026).

Together with leaders of prominent universities in Aceh, Amran discussed cooperation to build new nurseries for coffee plantation needs.

“We are cooperating to build the nurseries together to rebuild,” Amran stated.

When met at the Ministry of Agriculture office in Bekasi, West Java, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono said that the Ministry of Agriculture has been running a replanting programme since two years ago.

One of the targets of this programme is coffee plantations in Aceh, which are considered one of the flagship commodities.

“If it’s replanting, we’ve been running it since last year, right. Coffee, then cocoa, we’ve done the rejuvenation for all of that, right?” said Sudaryono on Wednesday (29/4/2026).

The programme uses a rejuvenation budget for nine strategic plantation commodities worth Rp 9.95 trillion, disbursed over three years.

The budget is allocated because many plantation commodity plants are known to be old, thus their productivity has declined.

“To position all our plantation sectors that were once champions to become champions again. Coffee, cocoa, coconut, nutmeg, pepper, cashew, gambir, including sugarcane, yes,” said Sudaryono.

Previously, the Indonesian Coffee Exporters and Industry Association (AEKI) stated that Arabica coffee bean prices in the local market were reported to have risen by 30 to 40 per cent.

AEKI noted that the price of Arabica beans rose from $6.5 per kilogram to $9.3 to $9.5 per kilogram.

“It even reached its highest level in January 2026 at over $10 per kilogram,” said AEKI’s Head of Industry and Specialty Coffee Division, Moelyono Soesilo, when contacted by Kompas.com on Friday (24/4/2026).