Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival coming but pomelo specialties are still ignored by traders in Vietnam?
Fresh Pomelo
Vietnam
Published Sep 17, 2021
Tridge summary
In the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic, the once peaceful vegetable field in Gia Kiem commune (Thong Nhat district) is now even more deserted. In Tay Kim hamlet (Gia Kiem commune), Phuong Nam agricultural cooperative is one of the quite special cooperatives. It can be considered that this is the only place in the Southeast where water vegetables are grown. Mr. Hoang Van Khang - Deputy Director of the cooperative said that growing celery here has become a traditional profession, associated with many generations of farmers.
Original content
The farming area here was originally designed with a pond system to grow celery, no other vegetables can replace it. Phuong Nam Cooperative currently has 20 members. This is also the time when the cooperative members are harvesting the crop with an output of about 15 tons per day. However, the Covid-19 epidemic severely affected consumption, and traders were unable to purchase. Most people consume vegetables through the channel... to support charity. Mr. Khang said, in the early days of social distancing, the consumption of celery was almost at a standstill. Cooperative members have supported products for charity organizations and parishes but only solved a small part of the backlog. By the time Dau Giay agricultural wholesale market returned to operation, the cooperative could only consume 3-4 tons/day. This number also cannot deal with the large amount of vegetables that are already in the harvest period. "The cooperative is calling on members to produce in moderation or reduce ...
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