Vietnam is the world’s largest producer of Robusta coffee and grown on more than 500,000 ha in the Central Highlands. The coffee industry in Vietnam provides employment for millions of people, however, coffee production is facing many issues. Groundwater is the primary source of coffee irrigation during the dry season (January-April) in Vietnam. Due to ...
Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee producing country after Brazil. Adverse weather conditions cause crop stress, with droughts in 2016 resulting in a particularly bad year for coffee production. It is estimated that these events will become more extreme and unpredictable; forcing smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. Therefore, the importance of efficient ...
Dublin → Paris → Hanoi (3 cities, 24 hours) I arrived in Hanoi at 6am Friday morning and even at that early hour I was still met with the overwhelming heat as I got off the plane. The taxi brought me to my hotel where I’d be staying for the next few days before finding ...