Vietnam: Pumpkin sells for an unprecedented price

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 ...