Digital Solution
Better Life Farming

country Viet Nam

Better Life Farming is a suite of digital solutions to assist coffee farmers, through web based solutions to improve efficiency and productivity of coffee production. Better Life Farming coffee solutions were piloted in Lac Duong and Di Linh District (Lam Dong Province) on covering 190 farmers with a total coffee production area of 300 hectares. The alliance services covered knowledge and technology access via training, field advisory on better pest management, plant nutrition management and precision irrigation. Services also included facilitating access to premium coffee market with improved price transparency. Early results form the pilot project showed 33% yield increase in Arabica coffee in LacDoung District compared to current coffee production performance in the region. In Di Linh District, Robusta coffee registered 25% yield increase with the improved management practices.

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Pest and disease management, IoT/Sensor controlled water management, Fertilizer and nutrients management

Delivery type (format)

Web based platform

Mobile app

SMS services / Voice messaging

Call center services

DS supplier-user category

Business to business

Business to government

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Agritech company

Name of supplier/developer

Better Life Farming Alliance with local partners Khang Thinh Irrigation Technology JSC (KT) and ACOM

Primary Users

Farmers

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (widespread use nationally)

Number of users or subscribers

Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience

Digital Solution Geographic scope

Lac Duong and Di Linh District in Lam Dong Province

Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DS webpage

Other useful link

Other useful link

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes