Five coffee nurseries enabled to join VnSAT project in Dak Nong
Five coffee nurseries in Dak Nong have been enabled to join WB-funded VnSAT project that aims to provide high-quality saplings for coffee re-plantation in the locality.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Dak Nong (VNA) – Five coffee nurseries in the Central Highlands of Dak Nong have been enabled to join World Bank-funded VnSAT (Vietnam – Sustainable Agriculture Transformation) project that aims to provide high-quality saplings for coffee re-plantation in the locality.
They are three nurseries in Duc Minh commune (Dak Mil district); one in Nghia Phu ward (Gia Nghia town) and one in Kien Duc town (Dak R’Lap district).
With
a total area of 1.9 hectares, the five nurseries are capable of providing nearly
1 million saplings for the re-plantation of 800 hectares.
Dak Nong has more than 125,000 hectares of
coffee. Of the total area, commercial coffee farms account for 113,000ha, with
an annual average output of 250,000 tonnes of coffee beans.
Since 2012, the province has launched a coffee
re-plantation programme to grow new coffee varieties with higher yield and
quality.
By the end of 2016, the area of newly-grown
coffee trees had reached 8,000 hectares. Dak Nong aims to have a total of 22,100
hectares of replanted and grafted coffee trees by 2020. -VNA
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