Vietnam: Dak Lak sweet potato prices fell, sluggish, farmers suffered heavy losses
Sweet Potato
Vietnam
Published Jun 18, 2022
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Nguyen Ngoc Anh's family (in Me Linh 2 village, Buon Triet commune, Lak district, Dak Lak province) this year planted more than 7.5 hectares of sweet potatoes. He was worried that when the potato was harvested, the price dropped sharply to only 4,000-5,000 VND/kg without anyone asking to buy it. According to Mr. Anh's calculations, at this price, the family lost more than 700 million VND in this year's potato crop. “Like every year, even though the price of potatoes is low, you can still get 7,000-8,000 VND/kg if you still have work to do.
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Nguyen Ngoc Anh's family (in Me Linh 2 village, Buon Triet commune, Lak district, Dak Lak province) this year planted more than 7.5 hectares of sweet potatoes. He was worried that when the potato was harvested, the price dropped sharply to only 4,000-5,000 VND/kg without anyone asking to buy it. According to Mr. Anh's calculations, at this price, the family lost more than 700 million VND in this year's potato crop. “Like every year, even though the price of potatoes is low, you can still earn 7,000-8,000 VND/kg if you still have work to do. And this year, the traders they didn't buy made the potato growers in danger, because they couldn't pay the rent for the field, not to mention the money for investment and care, "said Anh. Similarly, Mr. Tran Van Thanh in Tria commune, Lak district also planted more than 5ha of sweet potatoes with an investment of more than 500 million VND, but this crop is considered lost. “The potato is grown for almost 5 months until the harvest time, but ...
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