Coffee thrives in parts of the East Sepik Province, despite the vanilla hype.
The Coffee Industry Corporation was in the province recently, to visit coffee growers, including Thomas Ainero in Angoram District.
The CIC reported that Angoram District is a sleeping giant for cash crop development because of its large population and vast land mass.
However, farmer Thomas said coffee farmers are slowly losing interest because of the stagnant coffee prices over the years.
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