Central Highlands targets at least 1.2 million tonnes of coffee

Central Highlands targets at least 1.2 million tonnes of coffee

The Central Highlands is striving to harvest at least 1.2 million tonnes of coffee in the 2014-15 crop.

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To meet the target, the Central Highlands Agro-forestry Science and Technology Institute recommended local farmers provide sufficient fertilizers for coffee trees during their development period. The fertilization needs to be conducted in a timely and right manner, it added.

In addition, the institute has also instructed farming households to clean gardens, cut off unnecessary branches.

The region now has more than 561,000 hectares of coffee, with Dak Lak province having the largest area of 203,500 hectares.-VNA

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