Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer, accounting for approximately 17% of global output and providing livelihoods for over two million rural households. The EU is one of Vietnam’s most important export markets, accounting for over 40% of the country’s total coffee export. 

Fern’s Vietnamese partners, the Centre for Rural Development (SRD), surveyed nearly 2,000 coffee farming households in six Vietnamese provinces and conducted in-depth interviews with farmers, local officials, enterprises, and cooperatives. 

For more details: Opportunities and obstacles: How to ensure Vietnamese smallholder coffee farmers are ready for the EUDR