Gia Lai Agricultural Extension Center summarizes the organic coffee production model.

(GLO) - On December 10th, in Pleiku ward, the Gia Lai Provincial Agricultural Extension Center held a summary meeting for the project to build a model for organic coffee production, supported by the National Agricultural Extension Center during the 2023-2025 period.

Attending the conference were representatives from units under the Department of Agriculture and Environment; representatives from the communes and wards of Pleiku, Dien Hong, An Phu, Thong Nhat, Bau Can, Bien Ho, Bo Ngoong, Chu Se, Dak Doa, and Duc Co; 4 households participating in the model; and nearly 100 coffee farmers in the province.

Mr. Huynh Viet Hung, Director of the Gia Lai Provincial Agricultural Extension Center, speaks at the conference summarizing the project on building a model for organic coffee production. Photo: ND

The project, implemented by the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center in collaboration with the Ham Rong Agricultural, Commercial and Ecotourism Cooperative, covers 30 hectares of coffee plantations currently in production, cultivated contiguously by four households.

Over the three years of implementation, households received support from the Provincial Agricultural Extension Center in the form of 90,000 tons of microbial organic fertilizer and 90 liters of organic foliar fertilizer; and training on techniques for producing, harvesting, and processing organic coffee.

The coffee garden of the household participating in the organic coffee production model has been in operation since 2023.
Photo: ND

In particular, the Ham Rong Agricultural, Commercial and Ecotourism Cooperative has signed a contract to sell organic coffee products according to European Union standards with Vinh Hiep Co., Ltd., supplying 60-80 tons annually at a price 1.3 times or more higher than that of traditionally produced coffee.

From 30 hectares of model coffee plantations, the project has now expanded by an additional 12 hectares, bringing the total area of ​​coffee supported with organic certification according to European Union standards, traceability labels, and planting area codes to 42 hectares.

The total capital for implementing the model is over 4.2 billion VND, of which the National Agricultural Extension Center contributed 2 billion VND, and the remainder was contributed by the people.

Delegates and local residents visit a model of organic coffee production. Photo: ND

On the same day, delegates and farmers visited the model farm in Khoi Zet village (Bo Ngoong commune), exchanging experiences on organic coffee cultivation techniques; and how to organize a model of production and consumption linkage for organic coffee between farmers and businesses… with the aim of replicating it in the future.

Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/trung-tam-khuyen-nong-gia-lai-tong-ket-mo-hinh-san-xuat-ca-phe-huu-co-post574650.html