This Eastern Highlands town hosts Colbran Coffee Lands, set up in 1962 and one of PNG's largest coffee plantations, alongside gold mining.
Kainantu is a town in Eastern Highlands Province, about 90 km by road east of Goroka and 170 km by road west of Lae, and a market hub for local agricultural producers and cash-crop farmers. Colbran Coffee Lands, established in 1962, operates one of PNG's largest coffee plantations in the region, buying local parchment during harvest. Alluvial gold was discovered nearby around 1930, and the modern Kainantu Gold Mine began operating in 2006.
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Kainantu lies close to Aiyura, where a research station established in 1937 planted the first highlands coffee from Wau-sourced arabica seed.
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- Kainantu — Wikipedia · Wikipedia
- History of Coffee in PNG (Coffee Industry Corporation) · Coffee Industry Corporation (PNG)