The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is providing better access to loans and training courses to farmers in an aim to increase productivity and quality of coffee farms.
Dak Nong (VNA) – The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is providing betteraccess to loans and training courses to farmers in an aim to increaseproductivity and quality of coffee farms. Le Trong Yen, Director of theprovince’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said authoritieswould help farmers understand the importance of sapling quality and provideinformation about sources of capital. Farmers will also be taught how tomake adjustments to ensure the sustainable cultivation of coffee trees. Most of the farmers have been takingpart in a coffee replantation programme begun in 2012. To help them access loans, theprovince will simplify paperwork procedures. It will also ensure the quality ofseed strains and fertilisers, and offer training courses so farmers can raisethe output and quality of coffee. Buds from old, but still good,coffee trees will be grafted on to other trees to increase yields. Dak Nong has more than 125,000hectares of coffee. Of the total area, commercial coffeefarms account for 113,000ha, at an average productivity of 2.2 tonnes per haand annual yield of 250,000 tonnes of coffee, according to the department. In 2012, the province kicked off theprogramme to grow new coffee strains with higher productivity and higherquality. The aim was to replace old, stuntedcoffee trees. By the end of last year, the area of new coffee trees that hadreplaced old ones had increased by 8,000ha. Since 2012, farmers have investedcapital to plant 4,450ha of coffee trees, and the local government has providedfunds to farmers to plant saplings in the remaining area. At the same time, owners havegrafted buds from old coffee trees on an area totalling about 1,000ha. Nguyen Van Chuong, deputy directorof the province’s sub-department of plant protection, said many new coffeefarms had begun to develop harvests with a high yield. However, the programme has beencarried out slowly. Demand for coffee seedlings is high,but the province does not have a certified coffee nursery. Along with the lack of coffeeseedlings, farmers have found it difficult to borrow money from local banks. As of February, farmers in theprogramme had received a total of only 38 billion VND (1.7 million USD) from the Dak Nong branch of the Vietnam Agriculture and Rural Development Bank. About 30 percent of the province’sold coffee trees have been cut down and replaced under the programme. By 2020, Dak Nong aims to have atotal of 30,000ha of new trees. Of the total figure, old trees will be replacedwith new ones on 20,500ha, while bud grafting on old trees will be done on theremaining 9,500ha.-VNA
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