Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee producer, topped only by Brazil. Additionally, Vietnam is the sole largest producer of Robusta coffee, marking about 40% total of global Robusta production. In the article "Toward sustainable coffee production...", the study focuses on a region of the Central Highlands which accounts for 90% of coffee farming. This study in the Dak Lak Province analyzed water management techniques that could help bolster sustainability in Vietnamese branded coffee production.
In actuality, farmers without proper management information irrigate crops at twice the recommended level. With conventional training and provision of information, farmers can practice efficient irrigation practices that will not only preserve groundwater, but also increase net profits. If this practice can be established in other sectors of Vietnamese agriculture, then sustainability will be the Vietnamese method.
Is irrigation control only limited to coffee crop production?
Upali A. Amarasinghe, Chu Thai Hoanh, Dave D’haeze, and Tran Quoc Hung, “Toward Sustainable Coffee Production in Vietnam: More Coffee with Less Water.”
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