Biak
Value chain: Coconut and Seaweed
Specific Location
Syoribo, Koryakam, Kansai and other smaller villages.
Geography
Numfor Island is located in the north of Cenderawasih Bay. It is administratively part of the Biak Numfor Regency, Papua province. The island of Numfor encompasses an area of around 384 km2, with a population of some 15,000 people. Most of the inhabitants are Melanesian (coastal Papuan) in language and culture and live along the coast.
Livelihoods
Fishing, VCO production.
Supporting facilities
Small regional airport.
GEG Intervention
GEG has introduced seaweed but is focused on developing VCO and related capacity skills.
Multiple capacity building training has been carried out (GAP, Business, Management).
Distributed various equipment to different enterprise groups to assist in value addition of coconut and seaweed products.
Year started
2018.
Government collaboration
Government supplied seaweed plantings to a total cost of Rps 500,000,000.
Government continues to engage constructively with GEG.