Central Highlands: high coffee prices offset declining output
A significant increase in coffee prices in the Central Highlands has helped offset a decline in output, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.
Harvesting coffee in the Central Highlands. (Source: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) – Asignificant increase in coffee prices in the Central Highlands has helpedoffset a decline in output, according to the Steering Committee for the CentralHighlands Region.
The committee said a longdrought significantly reduced the 2016-2017 coffee harvest.
For the whole region, the outputof 135,000 hectares of coffee hit by drought fellby up to 50 percent, while another7,894 hectares died of drought.
DakLak, a major coffee producerof the country, has nearly 69,000 hectares of coffee hit by drought, of which5,570 hectares suffer from complete loss.
However, coffee bean priceshavebeen at a five-year peak, increasing from 41,000VND to 42,000VND per kilogramme,bringing goodprofits to farmer households.
According to the steeringcommittee, the Central Highlands region has a total coffee area of 573,400hectares, of which 532,499 hectares have been in harvest, with an estimatedoutput of over 1 million tonnes of coffee beans.
DakLakboasts the largest coffee a𝐆rea yielding the biggest output, with more than45🥂3,000 tonnes of coffee beans.-VNA
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Harvesting coffee in the Central Highlands. (Source: VNA) 
