Analysis Reports

This research forms part of a project funded by the IFC, the Dutch Ministry of Affairs, SECO and IDH the sustainable trade initiative in which Aidenvironment, New Foresight and IIED sought to develop a holistic transformation model to scale sustainability in smallholder dominated agricultural commodity sectors. 

           Agricultural  insurance  is a non-life  insurance policy where  the  subjects  for  insurance  are  the risks arising  from agricultural production and rural  life. Vietnam is the home of many crops, the country’s  agricultural  products  such  as  coffee, black  pepper,  rubber…  that have  comparative advantages against many other countries  in  the world, and can generate high export value.  In March 2011, Vietnam’s Prime Minister issued Decision No.315 on piloting agricultural insurance in 20  province/cities  for  some agricultural  products  such  as  rice  crops,  shrimps,  fish... Nevertheless, many crops and livestock,  including coffee, remain out of  the scope of  the pilot programme. Therefore, based on  research and actual  implementation of agricultural insurance policy so  far,  this article  is an effort  to analyze  the necessity  to apply agricultural insurance on coffee plantation,  such as  the  risk of  the weather, prices, market; analyzing policy  framework and implementation  for agricultural  insurance;  the necessity  to apply agricultural  insurance on coffee plantation and  recommendations  for  deploying  agricultural insurance  on  coffee  in Vietnam.

Report issued by USDA - Foreign Agricultural Services

Post’s initial coffee production forecast for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is 28.67 million 60-kg bags (bags), or 1.72 million metric tons (MMT) of green coffee beans, due to good flowering and cherry setting.  Post’s initial green bean export forecast for MY 2015/16 is 25.5 million bags, or 1.53 MMT. 

Post also revises its coffee production estimate in MY 2014/15 down to about 28.17 million (bags), or 1.69 MMT of green coffee due to lower yield from what has been described as a down year, following record MY 2013/14 production.  The total coffee export estimate for MY 2014/15 is revised down to 26.43 million bags, or 1.59 MMT Green Bean Equivalent (GBE) due to decreased exportable supplies more than offsetting increased soluble exports