Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water

Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; D'Haeze, D.; Hung, T.

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.02.008

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“…Irrigation has become a decisive measure to coffee yield. Many studies suggested that water stress with lower irrigation could still ensure expected coffee yield (Amarasinghe et al 2019;Amarasinghe et al 2015;Crisosto et al 1992). During the cherry development period, coffee farmer should irrigate 390 L/plant/round with the cycle of 22-24 days/round for coffee with average yield of 3.5 tons/ha.…”

Section: Irrigationmentioning

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“…This farming practice not only lead to changes in soil chemistry (acidification or depletion of other nutrient) but also to environmental problems such as eutrophication, greenhouse gases, and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emission (Borbor-Cordova et al 2006;Capa Mora et al 2015;De Beenhouwer et al 2014). Further, over-irrigation from pumping groundwater threatens to deplete the whole regions' groundwater reserves (Ahmad 2001;Amarasinghe et al 2015;D'Haeze Dave et al 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Further, agricultural intensification such as excessive application of nitrogen-based fertilizers (e.g., urea, generic NPKs) decreases soil microorganism diversity (De Beenhouwer et al 2014), causes water quality problem (Borbor-Cordova et al 2006), and produces high N 2 O emission (Capa Mora et al 2015). Farmers' practice of over-irrigation also threatens to deplete the groundwater reserves (Ahmad 2001;Amarasinghe et al 2015;D'haeze Dave et al 2005;Technoserve 2013). Deforestation and shade coffee reduction consequently lead to a disappearing refuge for biodiversity (D'haeze Dave et al 2005;Luong and Tauer 2006;Nguyen and Sarker 2018).…”

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Toward Sustainability or Efficiency: The Case of Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Vietnam

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This study attempts to uncover the truth behind an increasing number of smallholder farmers participating in sustainable coffee farming in Vietnam. Using stochastic frontier and cost-benefit analysis, a sample of 316 smallholder farmers in Dak Lak was chosen to analyze the economic impacts of sustainable and conventional coffee farming on farmers’ welfare. In addition, we conducted field observation and key informant interviews to describe several farming practices. The results highlight the fact that farmers’ decisions to participate in sustainable coffee farming are mainly driven by economic benefits. Sustainable farming is more cost-effective and profitable than conventional farming, despite the insignificant difference in production efficiency. Improvement of education, farming knowledge, and collective actions could mitigate negative effects of small-scale production for sustainable coffee farmers. Pesticide management, shade coffee encouragement, and reduction of excessive fertilization, over-irrigation, and unproductive coffee varieties are recommended for sustainable development of the sector.

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Toward Sustainability or Efficiency: The Case of Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Vietnam

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“…Vietnam produces coffee from two species, Robusta and Arabica; 90% of production is from Robusta [5]. Approximately 80% of coffee is produced in four provinces located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, i.e., Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Dak Nong and Gia Lai, typically by smallholder farmers that obtain the largest part of their income from coffee production [6][7][8]. Coffee production is important for the Vietnamese economy and crucial for the Central Highlands.…”

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Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Coffee Farms in Vietnam: A Social Profit Inefficiency Approach

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If we aim to increase the sustainability of farming, we must be able to measure the sustainability of individual farms and relate this sustainability to the characteristics of the farm and its management. We hypothesized that (i) sustainability can be expressed using social profit, and (ii) socio-economic characteristics and management practices of farms explain differences in sustainability. The objective of our work was to provide empirical evidence for these hypotheses. Data was collected data over two years from 361 coffee farms in Vietnam to calculate social profit. We found that the average social profit of farms was 2300 USD. The main source of social profit inefficiency is the sub-optimal allocation of resources and levels of production. Statistical association between the set of socio-economic characteristics and management practices and social profit inefficiency shows that social profit inefficiency is increased (sustainability is decreased) by larger distances from the coffee farm to the closest town/city center and to the closest coffee factory/traders and by a high frequency of spraying. On the other hand, sustainability is increased when coffee producers belong to the ethnic group JoRai, when using more hired labor and frequency, and when there are a larger number of fertilizing and pruning activities. We conclude that social profit inefficiency can be used to summarize sustainability.

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“…Approximately 80% of coffee production is cultivated in four provinces located in the Central Highlands, i.e. Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, and Lam Dong, typically by smallholder farmers (Amarasinghe et al 2015;Luong and Tauer 2006). The majority of farmers obtain the largest part of their income from coffee production (Kuit et al 2004).…”

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Enhancing sustainability in food production requires knowledge about the economic, environmental and social performance of the various stages of agri-food supply chains. An integrated indicator can provide synthetized information about the extent to which food products are sustainably produced and can guide sustainability improvements. The overall objective of this thesis was to perform integrated assessments of relative sustainability performance of (stages of) agri-food supply chains using integrated indicators. To achieve the overall objective this thesis first The results of this thesis suggests that the three proposed integrated indicators can be used in different socio-economic and environmental contexts to capture the multidimensional nature of relative agri-food supply chain sustainability. Their implementation helps to overcome some of the limitations of the single-issue and composite indicators that are commonly used in sustainability assessments such as incommensurability, subjectivity and comparability. The indicators provide information that can be used by businesses, stakeholders and policy makers to identify opportunities for relative sustainability performance improvements of agrifood supply chains.

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Toward sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: More coffee with less water

Cited by 73 publications

References 3 publications

Toward Sustainability or Efficiency: The Case of Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Vietnam

Toward Sustainability or Efficiency: The Case of Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Vietnam

Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Coffee Farms in Vietnam: A Social Profit Inefficiency Approach

Sustainability metrics for agri-food supply chains

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