Sumatra – Kokowagayo

Kokowagayo (Gayo Women Coffee Cooperative) is the first all - women cooperative in the coffee industry in Sumatra. Established in 2014, it is located in the Gayo Mountain region in the Aceh Province, Sumatra.

The role of women in coffee production has always been very important; they are involved in each step, from farm maintenance to processing coffee for export. Having acquired this expertise a few women associated with Koperasi Permata Gayo created a “women only” cooperative of coffee farmers.The goals of their cooperative are to increase the income and quality of life for women farmers and their families through agriculture and the coffee trade, and to improve their financial management skills. Each member of the women’s cooperative is the acknowledged manager of her family’s coffee farm..s.