RECOFTC Viet Nam brought together farmer groups, cooperatives, local coffee buyers, private companies, trade organizations, local authorities and non-governmental organizations for a multistakeholder platform (MSP) workshop on sustainable coffee business in Da Lat, Lam Dong, Viet Nam. Organized under the ‘Chain of changes’ project funded by the Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) programme, the workshop was held on 19 August 2025.
Forty-five representatives from 17 organizations participated in the event, where they worked on codeveloping a framework for sustainable coffee business. This framework will be tailored to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including cooperatives, supported by the project. Multi-stakeholders have identified solutions and ideas around four themes – policies and technologies, enhancing sustainable coffee value chains, improving branding and image, and sustainable, high-quality coffee farming.
Tran Thi My Diem, director of the Eakmat Cooperative from Dak Lak province, one of the workshop participants, said, “Although I’m busy, I joined this workshop because I want to understand current trends in the sustainable coffee business.”
The workshop served as a networking event, connecting multiple stakeholder groups and fostering business linkages. One of its highlights was a peer-to-peer networking session during which suppliers and buyers exchanged needs, offers and contacts. This resulted in at least two business opportunities right at the venue and sparked many promising connections.