Feature: China-backed initiative helps boost Liberica coffee in Indonesia's Jambi province

by Dames Alexander Sinaga WEST TANJUNG JABUNG, Indonesia, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- In the quiet peatland districts of West Tanjung Jabung Regency in Indonesia's Jambi province, a subtle yet significant transformation is unfolding among smallholder farmers who have long cultivated one of the world's most overlooked coffee varieties: Liberica. For decades, Liberica has remained on the margins of global coffee culture. But in the coastal lowlands of Jambi, where deep, waterlogged and acidic soils pose c