Quang Tri strives to increase income for coffee growers by 30 - 50%.

Replanted coffee has a yield 1.2 - 1.5 times higher than old coffee.

Quang Tri currently has nearly 3,707 hectares of coffee, of which 3,434 hectares produce products, with an estimated yield of 1.3 quintals of beans/ha and an estimated output of more than 4,464 tons. Most of the coffee gardens replanted under the Project on replanting and sustainable development of coffee trees in the province in the period of 2017 - 2020 of Quang Tri have grown and developed well, and many gardens have begun to harvest. For gardens replanted using the new planting method, the yield is 15 tons of fresh fruit/ha, 1.2 - 1.5 times higher than old coffee gardens. For gardens replanted using the painful pruning method, the yield is 18 - 20 tons/ha.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Quang Tri inspect the coffee replanting model. Photo: Viet Toan.

The organization of production, improvement of quality, and Khe Sanh coffee brand have made strong progress, creating a shift in the coffee consumption market towards using pure roasted Arabica coffee and branded coffee.

In the province, there are currently more than 1,000 hectares of coffee produced in association and certification, concentrated in the communes of Huong Phung, Huong Son, Huong Tan, Khe Sanh town... (Huong Hoa district), 5 hectares of coffee are certified for organic conversion standards, about 20 - 30% of the coffee area uses organic fertilizers and pesticides with an area of ​​about 1,000 hectares.

Many coffee production and processing cooperatives have chosen to pursue the development of clean, high-quality coffee. These are extremely important steps to build and restore the Khe Sanh coffee brand as well as increase the added value of this industry in the future.

Implementing the Project on replanting and sustainable development of coffee trees in Quang Tri province in the period of 2017 - 2020, up to 2025, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Quang Tri has proactively issued action plans; issued technical procedures for replanting tea coffee in the area to serve as a basis for training and guiding farmers to apply; Huong Hoa district issued a resolution approving the Project on converting and restoring some areas of ineffective land for growing trees in Huong Hoa district in the period of 2022 - 2025, with a vision to 2030.

Coffee gardens in Quang Tri province from 2017 to 2020 have grown and developed well, many gardens have begun to harvest with high productivity. Photo: Viet Toan.

In order to promptly select and create quality seed sources for replanting, the Department of Agriculture and Environment has directed the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center to coordinate with the National Agricultural Extension Center and non-governmental organizations to implement a number of topics and pilot projects to select and create new, high-quality coffee varieties. As a result, two Arabica coffee varieties, THA1 and TN9, have been selected that meet the conditions and standards to add to the production variety structure in the province.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment also coordinates with departments, branches and sectors to implement many activities to support organizations, individuals and businesses producing and processing coffee in the province. Up to now, Huong Hoa district's tea coffee products have been granted a collective trademark protection certificate "Khe Sanh" by the Department of Intellectual Property (Ministry of Science and Technology), creating conditions to affirm its position in the market.

Target to have 5,200 - 5,500 hectares of coffee

Up to now, Huong Hoa district has developed 6 coffee powder and roasted coffee bean products that have been certified as OCOP products, including 5 4-star coffee products and 1 3-star product of enterprises and cooperatives; 1 4-star OCOP product is submitting a dossier for 5-star recognition.

Replanted coffee areas in Quang Tri yield high yields and good quality. Photo: Viet Toan.

Quang Tri's agricultural sector also actively connects and invites units and enterprises (Pun Coffee Co., Ltd., Chan May Organic Ecological Agriculture Cooperative; Khe Sanh Agricultural Products Cooperative...) to link with cooperatives, cooperative groups, and groups of coffee-producing households with a scale of more than 100 hectares, concentrated in Huong Phung, Huong Son, Huong Tan communes, Khe Sanh town (Huong Hoa district). At the same time, support coffee production and trading enterprises in the province to have the opportunity to promote, introduce and promote the consumption of Quang Tri Arabica coffee products to customers nationwide.

Slow Forest Coffee Company (Denmark) has signed a partnership with households, cooperatives/groups, and businesses in the area to implement a high-quality coffee chain according to the agroforestry model, building a coffee material area combined with agroforestry and ecological coffee with an area of ​​​​more than 1,000 tons of coffee beans.

Mr. Ho Xuan Hoe, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Quang Tri province, said that with a strong transformation process and the participation of stakeholders, people and businesses, Quang Tri province has successfully developed Khe Sanh coffee, Khe Sanh specialty coffee, which has been in the top 1 of the best specialty coffees in Vietnam for many consecutive years and ranked first among specialty coffees in Southeast Asia and Asia. Khe Sanh coffee is aiming to be granted geographical indications, in addition to the productivity, quality and awareness of coffee growers are increasingly improved.

Quang Tri builds many specialty coffee cultivation models. Photo: Viet Toan.

According to Mr. Hoe, in the coming time, the Quang Tri agricultural sector will continue to implement the coffee development plan until 2030 to reach 5,200 - 5,500 hectares, enhancing the potential and position of Khe Sanh coffee in the domestic and world markets, especially striving to increase income for coffee growers from 30 to 50% compared to present.

Accordingly, the Quang Tri agricultural sector continues to implement a number of key solutions: Research and issue new policies to promote the development of specialty coffee and high-quality coffee to expand the area, improve productivity and quality of coffee; submit to the Provincial People's Committee to issue a plan to develop high-quality coffee areas for the period 2025 - 2030, with a vision to 2050; plan to select suitable growing areas, manage seed sources well in the area, build a high-tech farming model, produce organic ecological coffee as a basis for replication.

Quang Tri agricultural sector will improve the activities of Khe Sanh Coffee Association as well as enterprises and cooperatives producing and trading coffee in the area; promote and invite non-governmental organizations and international organizations on nature conservation to support the development of production and consumption linkages of coffee products in the area; form value chains between enterprises, farmers, and cooperatives from production to consumption, improve and stabilize coffee prices.

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