In the Binh Thuan province of Vietnam, farmers lose money in cashew orchards that is full of old trees

Mr. Ngo Dinh Chien, Chairman of Tan Thang Farmers Association (Ham Tan district, Binh Thuan province) shared: “More than 80 hectares of cashew in the commune mostly dry cotton, few fruits, even high-yield grafted cashew. The fruit is too few, so in the harvest season, people seem to be able to “pick” it. Like my family has planted 1 hectare of grafted cashew, this whole crop is not enough money, not enough money for fertilizers, medicine ... Due to the time when the cashew was flowering, there was heavy rain in the wrong season, then the sun was fierce. For 2 years in a row, the weather was not favorable, the things were so disappointing not only in this locality but also in other places in Ham Tan district! "... In Thang Hai commune, too, many households growing cashew in the remote areas of Suoi Bang also fell into a bleak situation because of the quiet cashew season. A farmer household owning a large cashew orchard said: “A few years ago, my family's 2 ha of cashew collected ...