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Agriculture in Vietnam
Supported by Grow Asia
GrowAsia Vietnam 2
11 7.6 46.3
Agricultural earning Quantity of farmers Agricultural
per household growing rice population living
per year % below poverty line
US$ %
1,855 45 5.97
GrowAsia Vietnam 3
Ganesan Ampalavanar
Country Manager, Nestlé Viet Nam
GrowAsia Vietnam 4
Coffee
Target
Engage 20,000 Vietnamese coffee farmer
households (5% of national total) within five
years (from 2011).
Results
— The group has scaled to over 100 demo
plots in four provinces and developed three
cooperatives.
— The demo plots conducted four technical
tours and two train-the-trainer trainings.
— Farmers were trained through 1,200 Farmer
Field Schools in four provinces with 20,000
training days delivered (between 2011 to
2016).
— One train-the-trainer program was run for
65 farmer leaders representing 12,004
farmers in 4 provinces to share knowledge, In September 2013, the Government of
solve problems, and build capacity of Vietnam institutionalized the partnership
extension workers. by establishing a new Vietnam Coffee
Coordination Board (VCCB) at the national-
In the 2015–2016 season, the project: level, which is comprised of members from
— Increased farmers’ yield by 17% and public and private sector to coordinate the
net income by 17%. sustainable efforts of the whole industry. The
— Achieved higher quality with healthier trees, PSAV Coffee Task Force forms the Sub-
leaves and bigger and shinier cherries. Production Committee of the VCCB.
— Reduced water use by 66% from 1,390
to 470 liters/plant for irrigated crops. The Task Force is setting up farmer
— Monitored and balanced plant nutrition, cooperatives and farmer groups to enable the
reducing chemical fertiliser use by 3%, provision of financing solutions, exchange of
depending on location. technical information, and sharing of benefits
— Reduced the carbon emission by 63% with farmers and community through a
to 1486kgCO2e/ton for normal beans. wholesale model and direct linkages with the
— Introduced new higher yielding coffee input companies, the coffee buying companies
varieties. and whole coffee value chain.
Engage Engage
www.growasia.org/ Pham Quang Huy
country-partnerships/ Ministry of Agriculture
vietnam and Rural Development
of Vietnam
quanghuy.htqt@
mard.gov.vn