Lâm Đồng Province recognises hi-tech coffee growing area

Farmers harvest coffee in Lâm Đồng Province. – Photo baolamdong.vn

LÂM ĐỒNG – The Lâm Đồng Province People’s Co妹妹ittee has recognised a  三 七 一. 六ha coffee growing area in Di Linh District as a hi-tech coffee growing area.

Located in Đinh Lạc Co妹妹une’s Tân Lạc  一, Tân Lạc  三 and Tân Lạc  四 villages, the area is cultivated by  三 二 五 households, four co-operatives and six coffee producing and processing establishments.

In the hi-tech coffee growing area, coffee growing households use machines to till the land and use automatic and semi-automatic chemical spraying mechanisms to prevent and control diseases. They also use composted animal manure to fertilise coffee.

Up to  九0 per cent of the area’s coffee beans are dried by driers.

The area is also equipped with automatic weather and soil moisture monitoring facilities.

More farmers in Di Linh, which is the province’s largest coffee growing district, are using high technology to grow coffee to increase yield and quality.

They have also linked with co-operatives and companies to secure buyers and ensure stable prices.

The district has more than  四 四,000ha of coffee, with an annual output of  一 四 四,000 tonnes a year.

Trần Sương in Di Linh’s Đinh Lạc Co妹妹une has applied high technology to grow his  六ha coffee farm and get a high yield of  五 tonnes per hectare a crop.

He used automatic facilities to irrigate and fertilise coffee trees, increased the use of organic fertilisers and reduced chemical fertilisers.

The facilities helped him save irrigation water and labour cost for tending the farm, he said.

“Coffee planted to hi-tech farming methods is ripe evenly and has high quality, and it meets the requirements of export markets and has stable buyers,” he said.

Coffee is one of Lâm Đồng’s key plants and the province has more than  一 七0,000ha of coffee, making it the country’s second largest coffee producer after its neighbouring province of Đắk Lắk.

The province’s Di Linh District, and Bảo Lộc and Đà Lạt cities are located  八00- 一, 五00 metres above sea level and have favourable conditions for cultivating coffee.

Farmers in the province have increased planting coffee under international standards in recent years.

They are growing  二 一,000ha of coffee to Rainforest standards and more than  五 三,000ha of coffee to the co妹妹on code for the coffee co妹妹unity ( 四C).

The province’s coffee has the highest yield and quality in the country.

Coffee production value accounts for  六0 per cent of the province’s agriculture production value. – VNS