The Arabira Sonla Green team won second prize in the "Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in the Coffee Industry" competition.

On December 10th, the awards ceremony for the "Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in the Coffee Industry" competition, organized by the Coffee Industry Innovation Cluster, took place at Tay Nguyen University in Dak Lak province.

The Organizing Committee presents awards to the participating teams. Photo: An Nhien, CTV.

The competition, "Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in the Coffee Industry," attracted 41 teams from the provinces and cities of Son La, Quang Tri, Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City. Through the selection rounds, the 8 best teams advanced to the final round, presenting solutions focusing on green farming, emission reduction, circular economy , digital transformation, and coffee value chain linkages.

The winning solutions proposed innovations at multiple stages of the coffee value chain: from sustainable intercropping models, smart technology-based land and water management, low-emission farming, circular agriculture , to innovative and effective community linkage models and novel market approaches. The solutions demonstrated close collaboration among the "four stakeholders" (scientists, entrepreneurs, managers, and farmers) to find solutions to the unpredictable challenges of climate change. In addition to valuable prizes, the winning teams participated in an in-depth mentoring program to enhance the commercialization and scalability of their solutions, and were connected to a network of technical support and potential partners for the next phase of implementation.

The Arabica Sonla Green team from Son La province won second prize. Photo: Tuan Anh, CTV.

As a result, the Organizing Committee awarded first prize to the Madam Huong Coffee - An Viet team from Quang Tri province for their solution of cultivating specialty coffee under multi-layered forest canopy adapted to climate change; second prize went to the Arabica Sonla Green team from Son La province for their solution of a low-emission, multi-factor, circular Arabica ecosystem; and three consolation prizes were awarded to other teams with outstanding achievements.

The "Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in the Coffee Industry" competition is a key activity in 2025 of the Coffee Industry Innovation Cluster – a collaborative initiative between Tay Nguyen University and the Australian National Science Foundation (CSIRO) within the framework of the Aus4Innovation Program funded by the Australian Government, aiming to promote technological solutions and production models that adapt to climate change, towards the sustainable development of Vietnam's coffee industry.

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