Tridge summary
In 2021, Vietnam's Ea Sup district planted over 70 hectares of pumpkins, but heavy rains and diseases such as mosaic and powdery mildew have led to significant crop damage. As a result, farmers are facing challenges in selling their produce at good prices, with sick pumpkins fetching only a fraction of the price of healthy ones. This has resulted in significant financial losses for many farmers, despite their initial investments and efforts to ensure a good yield.
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In the spring crop of 2021, the whole Ea Sup district (Dak Lak) planted over 70 hectares of pumpkins of all kinds, mainly in Ea Sup town, Ia R've and Cu M'lan communes. Mr. Nguyen Ba Ban, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ea Sup district, said that through inspection and verification of diseases on pumpkin, there are two types of diseases: mosaic disease and powdery mildew. Treatment of mosaic disease only needs to be detected, people watered the early dew layer, especially the lower part of the leaves. However, people have many folk beliefs and use the wrong drugs to treat the disease, causing the disease to spread. In addition, due to the time when the pumpkin fruit set was right, there were consecutive heavy rains in the area, causing the pumpkin to be moldy, damaged, affecting the design and quality of the fruit. Therefore, people selling squash are often forced to lower the price for type 2 products. This is the time to harvest pumpkins, although ...
Source: Danviet
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