Central Highlands: high coffee prices offset declining output

For the whole region, the output of 135,000 hectares of coffee hit by drought fell by up to 50%, while another 7,894 hectares died of drought.

Dak Lak, a major coffee producer of the country, has nearly 69,000 hectares of coffee hit by drought, of which 5,570 hectares suffer from complete loss.

However, coffee bean prices have been at a five-year peak, increasing from VND41,000 to VND42,000 per kilogramme, bringing good profits to farmer households.

According to the steering committee, the Central Highlands region has a total coffee area of 573,400 hectares, of which 532,499 hectares have been in harvest, with an estimated output of over 1 million tonnes of coffee beans. 

Dak Lak boasts the largest coffee area yielding the biggest output, with more than 453,000 tonnes of coffee beans.