Better Life Farming
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)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes