Vietnam: The cashew trees have lost their season, prices have dropped, leaving farmers in Gia Lai feeling less joyful

Unfavorable weather Currently, farmers in Gia Lai province are entering the cashew harvest season of 2024. As noted by reporters in the border district of Duc Co, there are very few people in the cashew gardens even though it is the harvest season. Through the survey, at the beginning of the harvest season, the price traders bought at the garden was from 26,000-27,000 VND/kg of fresh cashews, but now the price has dropped to 23,000-24,000 VND/kg. Not only has the price dropped, this year because of unfavorable weather, frost... drying out the cotton and rotting young fruit, the cashew yield is very low and the trees produce only a few fruits. Ms. Doan Thi Gai (residing in Mook Trang village, Ia Dom commune, Duc Co district) has 1.5 hectares of cashew nuts. Last year, she collected nearly 3 tons of fresh cashew nuts. This year, the cashew garden's productivity has decreased by about 2/3, estimated to only yield about 1 ton of cashew nuts. According to Ms. Gai, the family still ...