Da Lat Women Producers

The story behind Da Lat Women Producers

This coffee was produced by a cluster of women-managed farms in the Cau Dat area in Lam Dong Province, a mountainous region famous for growing the finest Arabica from Vietnam. The selected farms producing this unique specialty coffee are considered small-sized farms averaging 2 hectares and can be found at an altitude of 1,400 to 1,600 meters above sea level.

Women represent a large part of the farmers and harvesters in Vietnam; the International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that women provide up to 50% of the labor in Lam Dong Coffee farms. However, the number of wholly owned and women-managed farms in Lam Dong province is relatively low.

The main objectives are to provide suitable tools, knowledge, and Good Agricultural Practices to the selected Women Managed Farms to improve their productivity and incomes. The coffee cherries are harvested between December and February, the peak season for coffee cherry harvest in Lam Dong Province.