Simexco coffee growing zone following EUDR standards. (Photo: VNA)The event demonstrated Simexco's strongcommitment to sustainable coffee production, contributing toenvironmental protection and increasing the value of Dak Lak coffee productsin the international arena.
Nguyen Tien Dung, Director of Sustainable Agricultural Development at Simexco, saidthat the main requirements of the EUDR include ensuring no deforestation or degradation, having spatial data using multi-temporal satellite images, and ensuring the legality and traceability of product origin from production, exploitation,harvesting to transportation, processing, and export.
He shared that after 10 months ofimplementation, Simexco has become a pioneer in building coffee production zones that secure the world's first 4C-certified EUDR certification. It is cooperating with the IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative to update dataand implement activities to have six production zones meeting the EUDR in Buon Ma Thuot city, BuonHo township, and Krong Nang, Cu M'gar, Cu Kuin, and Krong Ana districts, with atotal of nearly 82,000 farming households, 106,000 hectares and 300,000 tonnesof coffee.
On this occasion, Bach Thanh Tuan, ViceChairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association, handed over two certificatesfrom the 4C (Common Code for the Coffee Community), which is an independent, stakeholder-driven, internationallyrecognised sustainability standard for the entire coffee sector, to Simexco fortwo growing zones that meet the EUDR standards. These two zones cover nearly 8,000 farmers,9,500 hectares, and an output of over 35,000 tonnes.
At the event, eight units signed amemorandum of understanding on bringing EUDR-qualified coffee products to import businesses at European ports./.
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