Astra Targets Export 96 Tons Of Gayo Coffee To America

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - PT Astra International Tbk targets Gayo coffee exports to reach 96 tons to America through the Astra Prosperous Village (DAS) program developed in Central Aceh Regency. "Through the Gayo Farmers Business Cooperative, we will conduct a first export to California of five containers worth Rp. 10 billion," said Astra Director Riza Deliansyah in Takengon, quoted from Antara, Thursday, November 3. He made this statement on the sidelines of the launch of the Astra Prosperous Village development program in Bies Mulie Village, Bies District, Central Aceh Regency. Riza Deliansyah explained that the Prosperous Village Astra program is a collaboration program between the government and the private sector to advance a village underdeveloped. He hopes that the program can create new jobs for rural communities and be able to advance villages that were previously left behind. "This is a good collaboration because there is a government, there is a private sector here, there is a community, and it works together," said Riza. On that occasion, Astra also handed over assistance in the form of 250 food packages for the people of Kampung Bies Mulie and assistance for the Sejahtera Astra Village program fund worth IDR 750 million. The cooperation program of the Ministry of Villages for Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration was also attended by the Secretary of the Directorate General of Economic Development and Investment of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration of Sudrajat and Central Aceh Regent Shabela Abubakar. Central Aceh Regent Shabela Abubakar welcomed the presence of the program and hoped to bring prosperity to the community of the fostered village and its surroundings. Shebela also had the opportunity to release the first export of Gayo coffee with Astra Director Riza Deliansyah and Secretary of the Directorate General of Economic Development and Investment of Disadvantaged Regional Villages and Transmigration Sudrajat as superior products for the Prosperous Village Astra program in Bies Mulie Village, Central Aceh Regency.