Coffee
is an important product in Vietnam because Vietnamese coffee defines Vietnam’s national
aesthetic. Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc
Hung’s article, “Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee
with less water,” talks about the importance of irrigation water to the process
of growing coffee beans. Second to Brazil, Vietnam is one of the largest coffee
producers and exporters in the world; the production of coffee is important to
the growth of their country and their economy. This paper mentions the
importance of managing water so that the right amount of water goes towards to
what really needs the water. The paper mentions that Vietnamese farmers have
wasted a decent amount of water watering other crops, such as cherries, which
in turn has harmed their coffee production because the amount of water used for
coffee production is far less than what is needed. This paper strives to
improve water management so that coffee production will continue to strive and
to be the national aesthetic of Vietnam. If Vietnam wishes to keep their
national aesthetic, they should stick to what is really important to them and
stop wasting the limited resources they have. If Vietnam were to follow the
findings of this study, their coffee production and exportation would
skyrocket, and they would be able to keep their national aesthetic as being the
second largest coffee producer in the world, or become the top coffee producer
with the strategies found in this study. Vietnam has much more work to do in
order to keep their national image, as well as working on their
resource-wasting problem.
Question: For what reason would Vietnam prioritize the
use of water for the production of other crops over coffee production?
If Vietnam really did care about their national
aesthetic, why would they waste resources on products that don’t contribute to
their national aesthetic?
Work Cited:
Amarasinghe, Upali A., Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave
D'haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung. "Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in
Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water." Agricultural Systems 136 (2015):
96-105. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.
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