DakNong (VNA) – Five coffee nurseries in the Central Highlands of DakNong have been enabled to join World Bank-funded VnSAT (Vietnam – SustainableAgriculture Transformation) project that aims to provide high-quality saplingsfor coffee re-plantation in the locality.
Theyare three nurseries in Duc Minh commune (Dak Mil district); one in Nghia Phuward (Gia Nghia town) and one in Kien Duc town (Dak R’Lap district).
Witha total area of 1.9 hectares, the five nurseries are capable of providing nearly1 million saplings for the re-plantation of 800 hectares.
Dak Nong has more than 125,000 hectares ofcoffee. Of the total area, commercial coffee farms account for 113,000ha, withan annual average output of 250,000 tonnes of coffee beans.
Since 2012, the province has launched a coffeere-plantation programme to grow new coffee varieties with higher yield andquality.
By the end of 2016, the area of newly-growncoffee trees had reached 8,000 hectares. Dak Nong aims to have a total of 22,100hectares of replanted and grafted coffee trees by 2020. -VNA