What does a cafe boom in urban Indonesia bring about to coffee growing areas?

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K20062
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: Shimagami Motoko 愛媛大学, 国際連携推進機構, 教授 (90447988)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: コーヒー / 都市・農村関係 / サプライチェーン / インドネシア / 農業後継者問題

Outline of Final Research Achievements

By focusing on the rapid increase in the number of third-wave cafes in urban areas of Indonesia, this study captures the social changes in the country and examines the possibility that this rapid increase will lead to the creation of a sustainable coffee supply chain in which producers take a more active role. In Makassar City, the main research site, “relational coffee,” in which young people open cafes and roasteries and deal directly with producers in search of quality beans, has become active since around 2015. In Toraja, one of the world-famous coffee-producing areas, new trends were observed, such as the involvement of young people in bean collection and processing, and the organization of farmer associations, but it was clear that coffee production does not account for a high percentage of farm household income and that the issue of succession of coffee farmers continues to be a challenge.

Free Research Field

東南アジア地域研究

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、コーヒーに着目することで、過去20年にわたって民主化と経済成長が進んできた新興国インドネシアにおける社会変化（中間層の成長と特徴、若手起業家たちの動向、国内市場の成長、都市－農村関係）を明らかにした。他のコーヒー産出国（ベトナム、ラオスなど）との比較を通じた考察も可能であり、東南アジア地域研究における意義は高い。また、より公正で持続可能なコーヒーのサプライチェーンに関する研究は数多いが、大企業や援助団体、政府主導ではなく、都市の小規模な若手起業家と農村部のイノベーターらによる連携による新たなサプライチェーン創出の実態を明らかにしたものは少なく、学術的・社会的意義は高い。