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10,000 farmers to access sustainable coffee growing techniques

An appreciation day for coffee farmers took place in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 7, in conjunction with the launch a project on enhancing capacity and accessing production support resources for coffee production in indigenous communities, promoting emission-reducing coffee production methods in compliance with the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces.
10,000 farmers to access sustainable coffee growing techniques ảnh 1Outstanding coffee growers are honoured at the event (Photo: VNA)

Gia Lai (VNA) – An appreciation day for coffee farmers took place in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November7, in conjunction with the launch a project on enhancing capacity and accessingproduction support resources for coffee production in indigenous communities, promotingemission-reducing coffee production methods in compliance with the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces.

The event attracted more than 400 indigenous ethnic households that are outstandingcoffee growers in Gia Lai and Kon Tum.

The project costs a total of 581,888 EUR (625,000 USD), 60% of whichsources from the Netherlands’ JDE Peet’s company, 33% from Gia Lai’s Vinh Hiep Ltd,and the remainder from other partners. It will be carried out from October 2023to October 2028, in the districts of Dăk Doa, Mang Yang, Chu Se, Chu Prong, DucCo, and Chu Pah of Gia Lai and Dak Ha and Ngoc Hoi of Kon Tum.

Via the project, about10,000 coffee-producing households in the localities will enhance their access to sustainable coffee productiontechniques towards regenerative agriculture. It will facilitate productionconnections and transfer excellent technical models to enhance financialmanagement awareness, financial autonomy, gender equality, and labour rightswithin production linkages. Additionally, the project will promote greenhousegas emission reduction in coffee production and establish a database to complywith EUDR.

Do Ngoc Sy,Director of Sustainability Asia Pacific at JDE Peet's, said JDE Peet's nowcaters to coffee demand of 150 countries and territories worldwide. By 2025, itaims to purchase the entire coffee output of Vietnam.

Nguyen Viet Ha,Senior Sustainable Manager of the 4C organisation, committed to support to VinhHiep and other coffee companies in Vietnam to bring the taste of Vietnamesecoffee to the global market in a transparent manner./.

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