Creating a breakthrough in quality with specialty coffee varieties

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Trang's coffee garden in Thuan An commune (right of photo) yields about 5 tons of beans/ha.

The vine coffee is a native coffee variety, a specialty of the people of some communes such as Thuan An, Dak Mil... Currently, this coffee variety has been linked with the people, some cooperatives and businesses, bringing positive results.

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Trang, Thuan An commune said, from the old variety, after his family replanted with the coffee vine variety, a native variety recognized by the provincial Department of Agriculture, the economic efficiency was much higher. In particular, it is possible to see the advantages of this coffee variety such as the tree is less susceptible to pests such as rust, pink fungus, anthracnose, and flowers and fruits in large quantities.

His coffee vine garden can yield about 4 - 5 tons of beans/ha, the yield is about 0.5 - 1 ton/ha higher so the economic efficiency is more stable. His family has replanted 5 out of 7 hectares of coffee.

According to Mr. Phan Ba Tinh - Chairman of the People's Committee of Thuan An Commune, the commune currently has over 500 hectares of certified coffee cultivation, located in a high-tech agricultural area. Most of which are grown by local people using local, specialty coffee varieties, with many outstanding advantages in both productivity and product quality.

The project to develop Vietnamese specialty coffee in the 2021 - 2030 period aims to develop specialty coffee in Thuan An commune, with a total area of 670 hectares by 2025.

According to Mr. Tinh, the local people have promoted the production of specialty coffee varieties, bringing high efficiency, with an average yield of 3 - 4 tons/ha, nearly double that of the past. In particular, some coffee gardens after replanting and grafting have a yield of 4.5 - 5 tons/ha.

Similarly, Arabica coffee is a strong crop of people in Xuan Truong ward - Da Lat, Lang Biang ward - Da Lat and is being widely replicated by functional sectors and localities of Lam Dong province.

In recent years, the functional sectors and localities in the province have stepped up propaganda and mobilized people to replant coffee, use high-quality coffee varieties such as TR4, TR9, TRS1, THA1, vine coffee, and tea coffee, bringing high productivity and increasingly high product quality...

Localities continue to promote and encourage the establishment of more cooperatives and cooperatives linked to the production of high-quality coffee such as 4C, RA, VietGAP, GlobalGAP, Faiftrade, organic... to create high-quality clean coffee products to increasingly meet consumer demand.

According to the leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, in recent years, the provincial leaders have paid attention to and directed the work of breeding to effectively implement the contents of the resolutions of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Council on restructuring according to the value chain and high-tech agriculture. Since then, the functional sectors and localities have tightened the inspection and control of the market to ensure that plant and animal breeds have origin, origin and quality.

The province continues to research, transfer and apply standard varieties associated with science and technology to improve productivity and product quality. At the same time, create favorable conditions for businesses to invest, research and produce standard plants and breeds, specialty varieties, including coffee.

The establishment of growing areas suitable for specific coffee varieties is taken into account. The province's goal is to create uniformity in varieties, care processes, products with design and quality.

By doing this, Lam Dong will create more favorable conditions for the province to build high-quality agricultural value chains and attract investment in consumption and deep processing.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/tao-dot-pha-ve-chat-luong-voi-giong-ca-phe-dac-san-382035.html