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VOV.VN - Currently, Gia Lai province's agricultural sector is actively building and perfecting the robusta specialty coffee production process according to the Vietnam Specialty Coffee Development Project, period 2021-2030.

Coffee has always been the main export industry of Gia Lai province, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year. To improve the quality and increase the value of coffee, farmers, businesses and industries in Gia Lai province are actively collaborating to change production, processing and branding methods for coffee products. local coffee.

Cà phê đặc sản được người nông dân thu hái có tỷ lệ chín trên 85%.

This is the first year that Mr. Ho Van Lai's family in Ham Rong village, Chi Lang ward, Pleiku city boldly cooperated with an enterprise specializing in processing high-quality coffee in the province, to produce 2.5 hectares of coffee. robusta coffee. Participating in the linked chain, Mr. Lai's family's coffee garden was replaced with an advanced model from the care process to the harvesting stage. The economic results are higher than traditional farming methods. 

“This is the first year the family's coffee garden has been linked, so the farming process has changed. During harvesting, ripe fruit must reach 85%-90% before harvesting. During the production process, no plant protection chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides are used, and in the future, organic fertilizers will be used to meet clean standards. Products after being linked will be consumed by the company, when sold, the price will be added because the ripe fruit rate is 85%-90%," Mr. Lai shared.

As one of the businesses that choose high quality coffee as the key product to start a business, Tropico Tay Nguyen Coffee Co., Ltd. is collaborating with households growing robusta coffee in Gia Lai and arabica coffee in Kon Tum. to build brands. Aiming to improve the quality of raw materials, the company has trained people in the ecological and organic coffee farming chain. In addition, the coffee processing stage receives special attention from the unit. 

Mr. Nguyen Hai Phong, General Director of Tropico Tay Nguyen Coffee Co., Ltd. said that the most important thing in growing specialty coffee, clean coffee, and high quality coffee lies in the perspective of harvesting and processing care. mechanism.

“Enterprises have stepped up this by committing to growers that ripe coffee cherries must be harvested and dried on drying racks, ensuring techniques so that the sugar content and other compounds can penetrate into the coffee beans. . With such methods, green bean coffee will be different from normal coffee. In addition, it is necessary to change coffee culture and provide supporting knowledge

giúp cho người dân, kể cả khâu sơ chế” ông Phong phân tích.

After being picked, the coffee is ripe and dried on a drying rack according to technical procedures.C

Coffee is Gia Lai's main export industry, with export output in 2021 reaching over 200,000 tons, with a total value of about 350 million USD. Currently, Gia Lai province's agricultural sector is actively building and perfecting the robusta specialty coffee production process according to the Vietnam Specialty Coffee Development Project, period 2021-2030. Accordingly, Gia Lai is aiming to develop about 2,300 hectares of robusta specialty coffee by 2030.

“The Department of Science and Technology will coordinate with relevant departments and agencies to support businesses and cooperatives in coffee production, specialty coffee, and organic coffee in registering for certificates and accessing markets. market, market development, brand development and link expansion. In addition, the Department will prioritize loan interest rate support for businesses that innovate technology," Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Mai, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Gia Lai province affirmed./.