Rainforest Certified

Organising
entity:DAK MAN, a member of Volcafe
Our Sustainable coffee program first started in Cu Mgar district, Daklak province with the 4C program which
established a strong foundation. In 2008 we applied the Rainforest Alliance (RFA) Certification to selected
farms and also expanded into neighbouring Buon Ma Thuot and Krong Pak districts.

Daklak is a famous coffee land in Vietnam. Cu M’gar and Krong Pak districts lie peacefully to the mid-east ofBuon Ma Thuot highlands. Their coffee is the highest quality with distinct natural aroma thanks to
traditionally devoted cultivation as well as local climate and thick basaltic soil layer.
Initiated with 785 farmers in 2006, now the group has grown to over 2,000 farmers, of which 1088 farmers
are certified by Rainforest. The expansion for 2010-2011 took place in the communes of EaTar, Quảng phú,and Cưdliêmnông.
Rainforest certified farmers cultivate 1,482.9 ha which can annually produce up to 4,463 tons of high quality
robusta coffee.
Background

Rainforest farms in Quang Phu, Cu Mgar district and Hoa Dong, Buon Ma Thuot.
DAKMAN MAN- BUON MA THUOT KM 7, National Road 26 Buon Ma Thuot Daklak SR Vietnam
www.dakmancoffee.com

Y Khanh Nie,
One of E-de ethnic minority people, a memberof Cu M’gar group Rainforest certified:

Testimonial“When joining the sustainable coffee project,
we follow the good agriculture practices (GAP)
standard, which controls my cost of production
and saves my money with the rightinvestments, and I can sell coffee at higher
prices as well.”“Not only myself but also my neighbours are
now highly aware of protecting water
resources and the environment, not only forenhancing the quality of my family life, but also
for our community and future generations aswell. By participating in the Rainforest Alliancecertification scheme, we found that it not only
brings us the visible, but also the invisible
benefits.”

Y Khanh Nie, one of RFA farmers in Eatar commune,intraditional costume.

“Before training in GAP, we used to apply a lotof pesticides and agrochemicals. As a result,useful insects (ant, etc) disappeared; theenvironment
becamepollutedcausing
negative effects for us and our community.
Harmful insects without its enemies multiplied
rapidly as an epidemic and seriously destroyed
our crop (cicada, Pseudococcus sp). We alsotended to over-irrigate and over-fertilize.
After joining the RFA certification program, wetrained how to control pests with IPM(Integrated Pest Management). Now, we let allpests live together, and they can control andbalance themselves.
We can also graft new coffee varieties
ourselves which can produce highly productive
good quality coffee which is resistant to leaf
rust disease (caused by Hemileia vastatrix).
We now understand how to apply proper
irrigation and fertilizer. We partly invest inorganic fertilizer (cow dung) instead of
applying only chemical fertilizer, since knowingthat apart from supplying necessary dietary
mineral like Mg, S, SiO2, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn,…,
organic fertilizer can play as a role of a store
that can absorbs chemical fertilizer preventing
it from evaporating to the air. We know why,
what, when and how to apply the right typeand enough fertilizer as well as agrochemicals.
We know how to control the rate of irrigation.
Almost all of us now stop spraying. We know
how to take care of our bean quality at thelowest cost. What we get from the sustainable
coffee program is not small”

RFA and GAP training held in minority traditional
community house

DAKMAN MAN- BUON MA THUOT KM 7, National Road 26 Buon Ma Thuot Daklak SR Vietnam
www.dakmancoffee.com