Dragon fruit farmers in Binh Thuan Province have cut down thousands of trees and switched to other crops after suffering heavy losses due to low prices.
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28/06/2021 06:30 GMT+7
The trend of shoppers going online en masse is driving demand for cold storage facilities, something that is in severe short supply in Vietnam.
Demand for cold storage is increasing sharply as consumers in Vietnam turn to online shopping. (Photo: Baodautu.vn)
Nguyen Quoc Trinh, chairman of the Long An Dragon Fruit Association, said June is the peak harvest season for many agricultural products in Long An, but exports remain difficult and local consumers have tended to switch online due to the COVID-19 epidemic, causing severe congestion and overload at cold storages.
Vietnam: Organic dragon fruit farming expands in Long An
Vietnam s province of Long An will expand cultivation of organic dragon fruit, primarily in Chau Thanh district. Nguyen Chi Thien, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the authorities in the district, department and companies had piloted an organic dragon fruit model in Thanh Phu Long, Phu Ngai Tri and Duong Xuan Hoi communes that turned out to be highly efficient.
Nguyen Ngoc Tai, who cultivates 520 organic dragon fruit in Duong Xuan Hoi commune, said the model does not use chemicals and pesticides, and produces a high yield. According to him, organic dragon fruit plants are guaranteed outlets and sell for prices 10 per cent higher than the market price.
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An organic dragon fruit orchard in Long An province’s Chau Thanh district. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS
Farming organic dragon fruit expands in Long An
Sun, 24 January 2021
Vietnam s Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An will expand cultivation of organic dragon fruit, primarily in Chau Thanh district, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Nguyen Chi Thien, deputy director of the department, said the authorities in the district, department and companies had piloted an organic dragon fruit model in Thanh Phu Long, Phu Ngai Tri and Duong Xuan Hoi communes that turned out to be highly efficient.