Vietnam faces dilemma on forests as climate change threatens coffee crops

by Michael Tatarski on 1 December 2016

  • Research shows that Vietnam may lose 50 percent of its current Robusta coffee production areas by 2050.
  • 550,000 smallholder farmers supply over 95 percent of Vietnam’s coffee, while another 500,000 people are engaged in seasonal work in the industry.
  • In order to continue growing this crop, the country can cut down forests to make space, or embrace them.
Typical landscape in Vietnam that's suitable for growing Coffea canephora. Photo by Michael Tatarski
Typical landscape in Vietnam that’s suitable for growing Coffea canephora. Photo by Michael Tatarski

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