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shield trees. wind and belt trees form a green belt to isolate chemicals, intercrop avocado, durian or other
trees suitable for 11,102 ha of coffee growing area; (2) Water management, reducing the amount of irrigation
water from 550–600 liters/plant to 450 liters/plant in the first phase and from 450–500 liters/plant to 400
liters/plant in the subsequent phases for 24,418 hectares of planting area coffee trees, increasing the use of
surface water for irrigation to 13,430 ha; (3) Protecting forests, increasing forest cover by 7%, maintaining
and taking care of 100% of the current status of forests (the area has 6,927 hectares of special use area).

Livelihood, social security (I):
By 2020: reduce the poverty rate to 6.98% by (1) Increasing the income of 25–30% of coffee farmers
by 20% through market linkage, reducing production costs, improve the quality of goods and reasonable
intercropping; (2) Increase the use of PPE when spraying pesticides on an area of 12,290 ha; (3) 20%
increase in avocado and durian production; (4) Increase livestock production by 5%; (5) Improve gender
equality, encourage women to participate in training in sustainable production, reaching the rate of 30%;
(6) Reduce 95% of cases of Labor Law violations; (7) Propaganda, raising awareness and awareness about
workers’ rights for 95% of employees; (8) Improve working conditions and safety for 95% of employees.
By 2025: reduce poverty rate to 4.2% by (1) Raising 30% of income of 70% of coffee farmers
through market connection, reducing production costs, improving commodity quality and reasonable
intercropping; (2) Increase the use of PPE when spraying pesticides on an area of 17,093 ha; (3) An
increase of 15% in livestock production; (4) Improve gender equality, encourage women to participate
in training in sustainable production, reaching 45%; (5) Reduce 100% of cases of Labor Law violations;
(6) Propaganda, raising understanding and awareness of workers’ rights for 100% of employees;
(7) Improve working conditions and safety for 95% of employees.
In Di Linh, Lam Dong province, the coffee-producing area (coffee accounts for 94.3% of agricultural
land) is facing problems of land degradation, over-use of water and poor farming practices—practices
to achieve the Green Growth goals. In Di Linh district, the pilot model of a large-scale coffee raw
material area was confirmed to have been deployed in Tan Nghia commune based on the content of
the Memorandum of Understanding signed in April 2019 between IDH and related parties, including
Lam Dong Provincial People’s Committee, Department of Crop Production–Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development, Project Representative of Lam Dong VnSAT, People’s Committee of Di Linh
District, People’s Committee of Tan Nghia Commune, Global Coffee Platform (GCP), Jacobs Douwe
Egberts Company (JDE), Atlantic Vietnam Trading Company Limited (ACOM), Louis Dreyfus
Company (LDC), Bich Lien Private Enterprise, Hanh Thinh Private Enterprise, Tien Nong Agriculture
Industry Joint Stock Company, Corporation CP Hop Luc. The project integrates the SDM (Shared
Decision Making) approach from the coffee program into the PPI Compact to introduce a new model
for providing high-quality input services at scale. PPI Compact Di Linh is the first model deployed
to attract small businesses to participate as the main partner in order to improve the efficiency of
supporting farmers’ inputs and develop towards a transparent supply chain. The plan is draft a common
vision for a sustainable coffee landscape based on green and sustainable growth for Di Linh district,
Lam Dong province with the following specific objectives:

Sustainable production (P):
By 2020: reaching 45% of coffee and intercropping sustainably produced (1): Replanting 2,952 ha of
old coffee area (accounting for 90% of the area to be replanted by 2020); (2) Deploying 3 supply chain
models between farmer cooperatives/groups and enterprises with an output of 15,000 tons of coffee;
(3) Applying good agricultural practices (according to the NSC Criteria) on 22,150 hectares of coffee
and intercropping (about 50% of the total area of coffee in the region); (4) Striving for 23,000 hectares

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