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Identifying cold-climate coffee as one of the key crops to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty in ethnic minority areas, in recent times, Dak Glei district has integrated capital from national target programs and promoted the internal strength of the people to invest in growing cold-climate coffee.

To date, the district has 1,344 hectares of cold-climate coffee trees; mainly concentrated in the northern communes of the district, including: Dak Man, Dak Plo, Muong Hoong, Ngoc Linh, Dak Choong, Xop. Of which, the newly planted area in 2024 is 189 hectares; the area currently being harvested is 1,088 hectares. The total annual output of cold-climate coffee in the district reaches more than 1,320 tons.

Mr. A Khoai, Kon Liem village, Xop commune, Dak Glei district said: In 2016, his family was supported with 1,500 cold-climate coffee seedlings, fertilizers and pesticides from the Cold-climate Coffee Development Support Project to plant on an area of ​​3 sao. In 2018, the garden began to yield harvests, and now the family has grown to more than 1 hectare. Cold-climate coffee has helped his family escape poverty and have a more prosperous life.

Through resources from Projects and National Target Programs, many poor households, near-poor households, households that have just escaped poverty within 36 months, and ethnic minority households have been supported to develop cold-climate coffee growing areas, creating a premise to increase household income and create positive changes in socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas.

Through practical implementation, cold-climate coffee trees are suitable for climate and soil conditions and planting and care techniques appropriate to the farming and production practices of ethnic minorities in Dak Glei district.

Ms. Y Ten, Kon Liem village, Xop commune, Dak Glei district said: From the capital of the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, in 2020, her family was supported with 2,000 seedlings, fertilizers, and agricultural materials to plant 4 new sao of cold-climate coffee. With the dedicated guidance of technical staff, her family applied the correct procedures for land preparation, fertilization, and pruning. After only 3 years of care, the garden bore fruit, creating a stable income for the family to escape poverty.

Cold-climate coffee trees have many advantages for economic development in Dak Glei district such as being easy to care for, less susceptible to pests and diseases, and providing significantly higher income than growing cassava and rice. In addition to state support resources, in recent years, ethnic minorities in Dak Glei district have proactively purchased seedlings to increase the area of ​​cold-climate coffee in their family gardens.

Ms. Y Ly Sa, Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Dak Glei district, said: To increase the area, productivity and output of cold-climate coffee trees, the Department continues to coordinate with the People's Committees of communes to promote propaganda for people to convert the area of ​​some ineffective crops to grow cold-climate coffee trees; mobilize people to replant cold-climate coffee trees for perennial, old, and low-yield gardens.

In addition, the Dak Glei District People's Committee also directed specialized departments to strengthen coordination with functional agencies to open training courses on techniques for planting and caring for cold-climate coffee trees; promote the application of scientific advances in cultivation and production practices. Create all favorable conditions for enterprises and cooperatives to link production and consumption of cold-climate coffee products, forming a sustainable agricultural chain, avoiding the situation of private traders forcing down prices, reducing the legitimate income of ethnic minorities.

Positive changes in the two poorest communes of Kon Tum province