Some information about Arabica coffee in Son La and Dien Bien (from NOMAFSI)

1. VIETNAM ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES
NORTHERN MOUNTAINOUS AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SCIENCE INSTITUTE
(NOMAFSI)
WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Some information about Arabica coffee
in Son La and Dien Bien
Hanoi, September 12th 2017

2. Production of coffee bean of Son La and Dien Bien
(Metric tons)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
2001 2006 2011 2016
Son La
Dien Bien
Sum
Source: The statistics of Son La and Dien Bien DARD

3. Coffee plantation areas of Son La and Dien
Bien (ha)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
2001 2006 2011 2016
Son La
Dien Bien
Sum
Source: The statistics of Son La and Dien Bien DARD

4. Source: fieldwork 2014

5. Financial Flow in Arabica Coffee Chain

6. Information Flows in Arabica Coffee Chain

7. Costs and gross margin for coffee farmers

8. Threats
• Frost has been an important threat to the coffee farmers, especially in Son
La, as it damaged more than 1000 ha in late 2013.
• Increasing coffee plantation to sloping area (of more than 20o) heightens
without planning and sustainable farming practices on slopes, the risk to
deforestation, and increases the severe impacts from frost, strong winds,
water conservation and soil erosion.
• Limitation in scale of production require to increase in the output
productivity, and quality improvement.
• Old traditional and small-scale production of coffee in Son La and Dien
Bien without compliance with technical requirements as well as
requirements for sustainable production is the biggest challenge in
building and protecting brand reputation of local coffee to enhance
product value.
• The fluctuation of export price reduces incentive to farmers to continue
their investment in coffee fields.