Indonesian beauty queen founds Indigenous coffee brand in her native Lombok
Beauty pageant contestant Mahniwati was born into a strong Indigenous community on Indonesia’s Lombok Island.During her pageant activities, Mahniwati saw that despite their wealth of natural resources, the people of her community were often cash poor.Seeing the potential of coffee to improve their livelihoods, she taught herself each step of the coffee value chain.She now shares her knowledge with farmers and promotes coffee produced ...
