West Java is where the Dutch first planted coffee on Java and where the Preanger region was put under compulsory coffee cultivation.
West Java was the region where the Dutch East India Company established the earliest coffee plantations on Java. The Preanger region was subject to the *cultuurstelsel* (cultivation system) from 1830 to around 1870, which forced farmers to grow coffee for the colonial government. Garut Regency and the Pangalengan district lie in the province. Pangalengan is known for dairy farming and tea, and Garut's agriculture is mainly plantation-based and subsistence farming.
Within West Java
Elsewhere in Java
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- Garut Regency — Wikipedia · Wikipedia
- Pangalengan — Wikipedia · Wikipedia
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