Vietnam: Hot weather causes cashew growers in Binh Phuoc to lose revenue

Cashew trees are very sensitive to weather, especially during the flowering and young fruit periods. Every year, when cashew trees bloom, cashew farmers become restless because of unseasonal rains or cold frosts. As for the 2023-2024 cashew crop, prolonged hot weather makes many farmers worried. The owner of a cashew garden of more than 35 hectares in the border commune of Bu Gia Map (Bu Gia Map district) shared: "This year, the prolonged hot weather in the area caused the cashew growing area in the cashew flower area to wilt, then the fruit broken. After the first bloom, some fruit has set and is being harvested. The next batch of flowers almost withered, even the fruits as big as a fingertip withered due to the hot sun." Also in Bu Gia Map district, Mr. T.'s family, in Hai Can Village (Phu Nghia commune) with an area of more than 2 hectares, has so far only harvested more than 200kg of fresh cashew nuts. According to Mr. T., last year's crop in the same period, the ...