Gia Lai: Concerns Ahead of the 2011–2012 Coffee Harvest

After a year of hard work, coffee farmers in Gia Lai province face the harvest [...]

Đăk Nông Agriculture Sector Warns Against Harvesting Unripe Coffee

In recent years, the practice of harvesting large quantities of unripe (green) coffee cherries has [...]

Binh Phuoc: Rapid Expansion of Industrial Crops

According to statistics from the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, since the beginning [...]

Fertilizer Quality: Production Oversight Loosening (Part 2)

Decree 15/2010 Doubles Fines but Violations Keep Rising Decree 15/2010/NĐ-CP, effective since April 2010, significantly [...]

Getting Rich from Agriculture

Two young Vietnamese have quickly become success stories by applying science and technology to farming. [...]

Coffee Purchase Dispute Turns Violent, Seriously Injuring Buyer and Seller

Residents of Chiềng Ban Commune, Mai Sơn District, Sơn La Province are outraged after a [...]

Farmers Sell Off Raw Cashew to Raise Cash for Coffee Stocks

Market Whirlwind Hits Farmers and Speculators Many normally well-off farming households and small agricultural speculators [...]

Binh Phuoc: Workshop on “Grafting for Coffee Tree Rejuvenation”

Specialized Workshop to Boost Coffee Yields On December 6, 2011, the Binh Phuoc Provincial Center [...]

“Debt Default Storm” Spreads Across Đắk Lắk’s Coffee Sector

A wave of defaults by coffee traders and warehouses receiving consigned coffee in Đắk Lắk [...]

Da Lat: Nine-Year Total Prison Sentence for Deforesting to Plant Coffee

The People’s Court of Da Lat City has sentenced Mbon Mi Na (born 1977), a [...]

The Co Ho People Preserve the Living Legacy of Moka Coffee

The lives of the residents of Lat commune, Lac Duong district in Lam Dong have [...]

World Bank Expert: Vietnamese Farmers Have Yet to Share in the Wealth

One of the big economic stories of 2011 was the talk of restructuring Vietnam’s economy, [...]

Don’t Turn Farmers into Speculators

From Consignment to On-Farm Storage For decades, coffee growers in Vietnam’s Central Highlands traditionally consigned [...]

Many Crops Have Exceeded the National Land-Use Plan

Key National Targets Already Exceeded According to Prime Minister’s Decision 124/QĐ-TTg, Vietnam set ambitious agricultural [...]

Approval of Agricultural Land-Use Planning to 2020 with a Vision to 2030

The Prime Minister has just approved the national plan for agricultural land use and sector-based [...]

Quang Tri: Vinacaphe Company Sells Off Coffee Plantations of 150 Farming Households

Farmers’ Decade of Hard Work Betrayed Between 2009 and 2011, investigations revealed that Vinacaphe Quang [...]

Slow Progress in Coffee Variety Renovation and Conversion in Di Linh, Lâm Đồng

Of the district’s total 48,000 hectares of crops, coffee covers more than 41,000 hectares. A [...]

Lam Dong: Who Ordered the Excavator to Destroy the Farmer’s Coffee Plantation?

According to the Ninh Gia Commune Police in Duc Trong District, Lam Dong Province, authorities [...]

Farmers Dismiss Agricultural Insurance Due to High Premiums

According to the Prime Minister’s decision, the pilot program for agricultural insurance (AI) began on [...]

Barefoot Scientist

From Reclaimed Land to Thriving Farm Born in Cong Luong Hamlet, Hoai My Commune (Hoai [...]