VOV.VN - Vietnam and Uganda are stepping up cooperation to build more sustainable and climate-resilient coffee value chains, drawing on shared experience in production, technology, capacity building and market development.
The information was announced at a dialogue meeting on sustainable coffee development between Vietnam and Uganda under the South-South Cooperation Framework, held in Hanoi on August 11.
Millions of people in both Vietnam and Uganda depend on coffee production for their livelihoods, making the crop an important contributor to agricultural and economic development in both countries. At the same time, climate change, increasingly demanding markets and the need to generate greater added value are creating similar challenges for their coffee sectors.
The two countries see these shared challenges as an opportunity to strengthen South-South cooperation through experience sharing, technical cooperation, capacity building, business connections and greater private-sector participation.
At the August 11 dialogue meeting, experts from the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and the Netherlands-based Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) discussed ways to promote sustainable coffee development and build coffee value chains that are more resilient to climate change.
Vietnam's experience in developing its coffee sector shows that the value of coffee is determined not only by productivity at the farm level, but also by the ability to improve quality, apply technology, process products, build brands, expand markets and strengthen links across the value chain.
Pham Ngoc Mau, deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation under the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, said both Vietnam and Uganda have important coffee sectors involving millions of producers, creating a strong basis for sharing experiences suited to the conditions of each country.
Vietnam is increasingly focusing not only on productivity but also on quality, added value, sustainability and climate resilience, he said.
From a South-South cooperation perspective, Mau described the approach as particularly relevant because developing countries can share practical experience, address common challenges and explore development paths suited to their own circumstances.
Meanwhile, coffee is also a major economic sector in Uganda, directly supporting the livelihoods of millions of farmers. Improving productivity, strengthening climate resilience and developing a more sustainable coffee industry are therefore among the country's priorities.
Ugandan Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Frank K. Tumwebaze said Vietnam's experience in coffee and agricultural development offers useful lessons for Uganda as it seeks to build a more modern, productive and climate-resilient agricultural sector.
Cooperation with Vietnam and IDH provides Uganda with an opportunity to learn from trusted partners and strengthen efforts to develop a coffee sector that is resilient to climate change and free from deforestation, he said.
Uganda hopes to continue working closely with Vietnamese partners to promote investment, apply technical solutions and enhance cooperation in coffee development, he added.
The cooperation is therefore moving beyond the exchange of experience toward more concrete links among farmers, businesses and development-support organisations across the coffee value chain.
A key development at the dialogue was the launch by IDH of a climate-resilient coffee programme in Vietnam.
The programme aims to reach around 75,000 coffee farmers, with 70% of participating households expected to adopt regenerative agricultural practices. It also targets a reduction of around 240,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions and a 15% increase in farmers' incomes.
The targets reflect a shift from sharing experience toward supporting concrete changes in production, particularly efforts to strengthen farmers' ability to adapt to climate change.
Daan Wensing, CEO of IDH, said sustainable change in the coffee sector could not be achieved through isolated efforts, as climate change and increasingly demanding markets require greater cooperation and investment.
The partnership between Vietnam and Uganda through the climate-resilient coffee programme demonstrates how South-South cooperation, combined with market participation, can help secure sustainable coffee supplies for the future, he said.
The discussions in Hanoi point to a broader direction for Vietnam-Uganda cooperation in coffee, by linking experience with action, production with markets, and economic growth with climate resilience.
Such cooperation could create greater value for farmers, strengthen the resilience of coffee value chains and contribute to a more sustainable coffee sector in the long term.
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