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About MPIG
Mayarakat Perlindungan Indikasi Geografis (MPIG) – Geographical Indication Protection Society(en) is a unit of producers and business actors who represent each geographical area to be able to maintain the identity, quality, and production standards, as well as ensure the absence of potential abuse of products that have received Geographical Indication protection.
Masyarakat Perlindungan Indikasi Geografis (MPIG) Kopi Arabika Flores Manggarai The Manggarai Arabica Flores Coffee Geographical Indication Protection Society was formed in 2015 to accommodate coffee farmers in the Greater Manggarai area to improve coffee productivity and quality in order to produce quality coffee commodities, competitive and able to provide good economic value for coffee farmers. MPIGKAF consistently develops and fights for Flores Manggarai Arabica coffee to be increasingly recognised and favoured by the wider community, both at home and abroad.
Environments
KAFM is located in the centre of Flores Island with coordinates between 120°17.760 ‘East – 120°45.517 “East and 08°33.127 ”N – 08°41.760 ’N. The area has a cool mountainous nature that includes slopes and undulating plains. The area has a cool mountainous nature that includes slopes and undulating plains. Vegetation includes forest, horticultural and food crops as well as Arabica coffee plantation crops.
Topographically, about 38.6% of the Manggarai region is mountainous. The slope or slope can be more than 45 degrees. This topographical pattern affects the land use in Manggarai. The situation is suitable for Arabica coffee cultivation. Arabica coffee growing areas in the mountains of Manggarai are high altitude areas with varying topographic conditions ranging from flat, undulating to mountainous. In this area there are lungur stretching from north to south and coffee plantations are found on the slopes of the hills. The variation in altitude between villages is very diverse, even within certain villages there are differences in altitude between farmers’ farms.
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Flores Manggarai arabica coffee became the first winner of the Indonesia Arabica Specialty Coffee Contest in 2015, and received Bronze Gourment at the AVPA Gourmet Product Award at the SIAL Paris Exhibition, France 2018.
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Regional Boundaries
Arabica Flores Manggarai coffee can only be obtained from red gelondong coffee originating from the highland areas of Manggarai Regency, West Manggarai Regency and East Manggarai Regency, as shown on the map. All of these areas are located between 900 m above sea level and 1,500 m above sea level.
Cooperation and Support
