Vietnam Cocoa Development Plan Lags behind Schedule
The Vietnam Cacao Co-ordination Committee (VCC) said that localities are slack in developing cocoa and they are unlikely to meet the target to grow 60,000 hectares of cocoa by 2015.
The committee said at its annual second session in central highlands Dak Lak province Nov 20 that Vietnam now has 12,208 hectares of cocoa, concentrating in provinces of Dak Lak, Ben Tre, Tien Giang and some southeastern provinces.
The provinces grow only 1,000 hectares annually.
The Cultivation Department under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development explained that farmers lack cultivation technology and market information is the major reason for the low expansion rate.
The VCC plans to provide farmers with 1,000 technical guidelines by 2010. (Youth, Vietnam Agriculture)
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