Helping Vietnam’s Coffee Sector Become More Climate Resilient
From blogs.ei.columbia.edu
Coffee is a big business in Vietnam, accounting for 3% of its gross domestic product and about 15% of its agricultural exports. But climate variability and change are threatening the country’s coffee crops. Rising temperatures and extreme weather have subjected Vietnamese coffee farmers to increasing uncertainties: longer droughts, more frequent floods, and severe outbreaks of pests and diseases that result in reduced productivity.
