Thousands of hectares of sweet potatoes in Vietnam until harvest time are still lying in the fields because there are no buyers, farmers are in debt
Sweet Potato
Vietnam
게시됨 2022년 6월 20일
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Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Anh (Me Linh 2 village, Buon Triet commune, Lak district, Dak Lak) this year planted 7.5 hectares of sweet potatoes. The harvest came a long time ago, but Anh's potatoes are still in the field. "At the current price, if this potato area is fully harvested, my family will lose about 700 million VND. This year, potatoes are only 4,000-5,000 VND/kg. Potatoes are cheap but buyers don't have them"- Anh said. According to Anh, the price of potatoes has never dropped as dramatically as in this case.
원본 콘텐츠
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Anh (Me Linh 2 village, Buon Triet commune, Lak district, Dak Lak) this year planted 7.5 hectares of sweet potatoes. The harvest came a long time ago, but Anh's potatoes are still in the field. "At the current price, if this potato area is fully harvested, my family will lose about 700 million VND. This year, potatoes are only 4,000-5,000 VND/kg. Potatoes are cheap but buyers don't have them"- he Anh said. According to Anh, the price of potatoes has never dropped as dramatically as this case. In previous years, at the lowest point, the price of potatoes was also double the current price. Farmers' harvest is also enough to cover expenses. In Buon Tria commune (Lak district), hundreds of hectares of overgrown potatoes are still lying in the fields. Mr. Tran Van Thanh has invested 500 million VND to grow 5 hectares of potatoes. If the previous crops, this time Mr. Thanh's potato field has been harvested. But this year, despite being too old, Mr. Thanh's potatoes are ...