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Dak Nong moves to develop coffee farming

The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong will invest more than 40 billion VND (1.88 million USD) in carrying out measures to help farmers develop their coffee planting in 2014-2015.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong will invest morethan 40 billion VND (1.88 million USD) in carrying out measures to helpfarmers develop their coffee planting in 2014-2015.

Accordingly, the area of commercial coffee trees will be expanded to110,000 hectares from the current 98,000 hectares, while averageproductivity will increase from 2.3 tonnes to 2.6 tonnes of coffee beansper hectare, translating into an additional 1.2 trillion VND (56.4million USD) in value each crop.

The provinceprioritises transferring advanced technologies in coffee processing tofarmers and businesses, as well as building the irrigation system,storehouses and drying grounds to serve production and processing.

It also encourages farmers to grow avocado and jackfruit trees to protect coffee trees from wind and earn more money.

Dak Nong province now has about 116,000 hectares of coffee trees with a total yield of 225,000 tonnes per year.

However, as a number of local farmers plant coffee trees inunsuitable areas and don’t apply correct technologies in cultivation,productivity and economic efficiency remain poor.-VNA
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