Dong Nai coffee once yielded more than 5 tons/hectare.

According to the province's plan to develop key industrial crops, by 2030, Dong Nai will have about 6,000 hectares of coffee, an increase of about 700 hectares compared to the present. At the same time, the province's coffee productivity will reach 2.5 tons/hectare, in which gardeners will focus on green, clean, and organic production to meet the requirements of domestic and foreign partners. This is also the direction of sustainable agricultural production that Vietnam as well as countries around the world are aiming for in order to adapt to climate change. With the above productivity, if coffee prices remain high, farmers can earn a profit of more than 200 million VND/hectare.

Báo Đồng Nai•09/05/2025

Coffee trees are very familiar to Dong Nai farmers, because there was a period when the province's coffee area reached more than 10 thousand hectares. However, there were periods when coffee prices "hit rock bottom" for several years in a row, farmers suffered losses and switched to growing fruit trees and other crops with higher economic efficiency. Therefore, the province's coffee area gradually decreased, and farmers were no longer interested in applying science and technology to increase productivity.

More than 10 years ago, some Dong Nai farmers planted grafted coffee trees with a yield of 5-6 tons/hectare/year. The technique of planting grafted coffee trees for gardeners is not difficult. However, this coffee growing model was not widely replicated, then the price of coffee decreased, farmers removed some coffee trees to intercrop pepper trees and some other crops. The productivity of coffee trees also gradually decreased.

In the past, the chains of coffee cultivation and processing were built, but were not successful, although coffee was identified as the main crop by the province nearly 20 years ago. If from that time, the connection between the 5 parties (farmers - enterprises - state - scientists - banks) had been well implemented, building a chain from production, processing, consumption, then a sustainable coffee growing area would have been formed.

With a yield of 5-6 tons/hectare/year and coffee prices of 125-130 thousand VND/kg at this time, farmers can earn a profit of 500-600 million VND/hectare/year.

Prices of agricultural products can increase and decrease cyclically, so gardeners who focus on productivity, quality, and meeting green criteria will easily connect with businesses to have stable output; while chasing after high-priced crops and neglecting quality can easily lead to being eliminated from the market. Durian trees are the clearest evidence of farmers massively cutting down other crops to grow durian.

Huong Giang

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/kinh-te/202505/ca-phe-dong-nai-tung-dat-nang-suat-hon-5-tanhecta-c333294/