Vietnam’s coffee output in the 2015-2016 harvest is likely to fall at least 20 percent short on the set target, said the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association.
Various kinds of agricultural insurance designed for coffee trees in Vietnam were discussed in depth during a seminar in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on August 21.
Vietnamese coffee, tea, confectionery, fine arts and others are on display for the first time at the traditional Ukrainian trade fair taking place in Ukraine’s central province of Poltava.
Concerns are growing in southern Dong Nai province as coffee prices are hitting a record low and local coffee producers, particularly small enterprises, are on the verge of bankruptcy.
Starbucks has started selling roasted Arabica coffee beans from Vietnam's Da Lat city in the US and said on its website it plans to sell it in more than 21,500 stores in 56 countries.
Dak Lak province, the country's largest coffee producer, will replace more than 16,475ha of old coffee trees which have had a low yield from now to 2020.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is planning to invest in advanced technologies to enhance the value of the coffee sector through improving productivity and product quality.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak aims to develop
comprehensive irrigation systems to ensure adequate water supply for
local coffee production through 2020, according to the provincial
People’s Committee.
The Central Highlands provinces of Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Dak Nong and Gia
Lai have planned to replant additional 19,224 hectares of coffee trees
to enhance the quality and productivity of the sector during this year’s
rainy season.
Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have asked
local farmers and businesses to focus on re-planting coffee trees to
enhance the quality and productivity of the sector.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has devised a number of
incentives for local farmers to re-plant coffee trees in a bid to
enhance the quality and productivity of the sector, according to a local
senior official.
Vietnam’s Aroma and Intensity coffees produced by the Sobica Joint Stock
Company were recognised at the first international roasted coffee
competition in France.
Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have chopped down
some of the area's most essential crops, coffee and rubber, to make room
for the possibly more lucrative black pepper plant.
Vietnam's coffee exports in April were equivalent to half of Brazil's
total exports, confirming the wide gap between the world's two largest
coffee exporters.
Bad weather led to a 20 percent fall in coffee output in the 2014-15
crop in the domestic market, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cacao
Association.
Coffee markets in Vietnam and Indonesia will flourish with the recent
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Vietnam
Coffee- Cocoa Association (VICOFA) and the Association of Indonesian
Coffee Exporters and Industries (AEKI).
Disadvantaged households in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong
will have up to 80 percent of their coffee strain cost covered by the
local People’s Committee.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is carrying
out its master plan to develop the coffee processing system by 2020 in a
bid to increase the added value of domestic coffee products, said a
senior official.