MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF CROP PRODUCTION

COCOA PRODUCTION SITUATION

AND SOLUTION FOR DEVELOPEMENT

Vietnam VCC
 I. INTRODUCTION
Cocoa’s cultivation area
Central Highlands:
- Dak Nong.
- Dak Lak.
- Lam Dong.

Southeast:
- Binh Phuoc.
- Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
- Dong Nai.
- Binh Thuan.

Mekong River Delta:

- Ben Tre.
- Tien Giang.
- Vinh Long.
- Tra Vinh…
 Cocoa’s area
Area (Ha)
30000.0 Causes of reducing area:
25700.0
25000.0 1. Low price and unstable
22110.0
20100.0
20000.0 2. Market outlet is unstable
16725.0 16829.0

15000.0 3. Low yield.

12233.0 12056.0
11229.0
10233.0
8972.0 8613.0
10000.0
7320.0

4270.0
5000.0

.0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
 Cocoa’s area in provinces

- Area of Mekong
River Delta: 52,7%,
Central Highlands:
Other
17% Dak Lak 31,8%, Southeast:
22%
Vinh Long 15,5%;
7%
DakNong
6% - Harvest area is
Tien Giang
12% Lam Dong approximately 70%;
4%

Ben Tre Binh Phuoc - Intercrop area is

18% 7%
DongNai approximately 90%.
Bà Ria-Vung Tau
4%
3%
 Cocoa’s Production

8000
Sản lượng (Tấn) 7286.0

7000
6765
6434
6777.0 • Low price, Various fluctuations,
Instability; Current quantity is
6000
5000 5063 about 4.500-5.000 VND/kg for
5000
fresh fruit, it does not stimulate
4000 farmers to invest in intensive
3000
3000 farming;

2000
1800 • Low productivity;
1180
941
1000
367
• The output in 2017 is
30 172
0
approximately 7,286 tons of
bean.
II. ECONOMICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF COCOA PRODUCTION

Net income in the cocoa cultivation model

2 tons of Cashew /ha and 2 tons of Cashew
/ha + 0.9 ton of Cocoa /ha
USD/ha
4,500
3,865 3,864
4,000 3,958

3,500 loi nhuan Dieu

3,178 3,198
3,000 loi nhuan Cacao+Dieu 3,216

2,500 2,182 2,571

2,114
2,004 2,250
2,199 1,902
2,000 2,060 2,347 1,985
1,614
1,446 1,832 1,873 1,904
1,500 1,445 1,419
1,006 1,185 1,048
1,000
1,051 768
728
500 745

-
 Economic Efficiency of Cocoa
(DONG NAI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT, 11-2017)

1. Cocoa’s intercrop 2. Cocoa’s cultivation (mono crop)

• Average yield is 18 tons/ha/year, • Expected average yield of 2.2

cost: 2,000 VND/kg for fresh fruit; tons of dried seeds/ha
(approximately 26 tons of fresh
• Total expenditure: 30-35
fruit/ha);
million/ha/year;
• Profit: 120 million VND/ha.
• Total revenue: 90 - 108 million/ha
/year, price: 6,000 VND/kg for
fresh fruit;

• Profit: 70 - 80 million/ha/year.
 III. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR
COCOA PRODUCTION
• New Varieties
• Transfer New Technical
Techniques
• Pruning

• Fertilizer, watering

• Pest and disease

control.
 Training & Education

• Models/demos building;

• Training

• ToT training technical and

extension staff and ToF
 Transfer of new techniques

• Sustainable cocoa production

with certification

• Irrigation mode

• Pest and disease control

• Pruning, canopy and shade rate

• Planning assistance
 Results of cocoa certification UTZ
Number of
farmers Area Quantity
Year Units (Household) (Ha) (Tons)
2011 11 1.801 1.388 1.229
2012 11 1.564 2.171 1.193
2013 13 2.317 1.518 1.419
2014 16 3.323 2.822 2.654
2015 14 3.044 2.209 2.208
 IV. GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT

- Technical protocols
- National standards for grafted cocoa

- National rules on processing and

fermentation; Food safety conditions;

- Management of tea mosquito bugs,

black pod rot caused by
Phytophthora sp;

- Re organize cocoa production (Co-

operation, club, farmer groups)
linking to bussiness companies
 COCOA PRODUCTION ISSUES IN VIETNAM

- Price: low and unstable

- Small scale: mainly intercropping
- Cocoa varieties: tolerant/resistant to meris bud,
phytophthora sp
- Climate change: low yield, bad quality
 Objectives & Tasks
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved the
action plan for cocoa development by 2015 and orientation to 2020
(Decision No. 2015 / QD-BNN-TT), striving to plant 50,000 ha of cocoa,
yield 12 quintals per hectare; Output of 50,000 tons;

- Developing cocoa for quality, productivity, efficiency for farmers;

- Encouraging enterprises to invest in building concentrated and efficient

production areas.
 Solutions
1. Review projection, cocoa development policies.
2. Well perform the research, direct the implementation of technical
procedures and transfer of new techniques (cocoa varieties
tolerant/resistant to phytophthora, meris bud, drought…; protocol
for sustainable cocoa production…
3. Quality control of cocoa beans

4. Promoting production’s corporation via corperatives, building large

fields.

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tại Bến Tre tại Bến Tre
 Offers
1. Developing cocoa in the planning area, limited
scattered planting, small scale
2. Constructing raw material areas, linking purchasing
and processing enterprises with farmers.
3. Continue to support cocoa production with
certification, research and technical transfer
4. Strengthening the management of seedlings; forming
quality breeding establishments.
5. Sustainable cocoa development strategy
6. Communication strategy
7. Human resources for research and training.
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