Growing wild vegetables in Lam Dong, Vietnam with strange names in the coffee fields, picking young buds, and selling them expensively

Published 2021년 10월 7일

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The article highlights how households in Dong Nai Thuong commune, Cat Tien district, Lam Dong are cultivating 'tweezers leaves' (a wild vegetable) in their cashew and coffee fields, due to the high demand and price of the vegetable. This has become a source of additional income for these households, particularly when their traditional crops have been lost or undervalued. The Commune Women's Union has even developed a model of growing tweezers under the cashew canopy. The process is simple and requires less care and resources, making it a profitable venture for many.
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According to Mr. Chuong, currently, 1 kg of tweezers leaves, the price ranges from 30,000 to 50,000 VND depending on the time. Therefore, many households in Dong Nai Thuong commune, Cat Tien district (Lam Dong) have sought to propagate and intercrop in the family's cashew and coffee fields. "This helps people ensure food and have more income," said Mr. Le Quang Chuong - Chairman of Dong Nai Thuong Commune People's Committee. We visited the cashew garden of Mr. Dieu K'I's family in Bi Nao village, Dong Nai Thuong commune while he was picking tweezers leaves to deliver to traders in the early afternoon. He said, the lives of ethnic minorities have always been associated with the forest for generations. Therefore, in the daily meal, it is indispensable for wild vegetables. In the past, there were many forests, so wild vegetables also developed with many different types. Every day, you only need to go to the forest for an hour to have a bunch of tweezers and bamboo shoots to bring ...
Source: Danviet

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