Floods damage Vietnam’s dragon fruit production

Published Aug 30, 2024

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Heavy rainfall in Vietnam's Binh Thuan province has caused severe flooding, affecting hundreds of hectares of dragon fruit farms and displacing residents. The province, home to the largest dragon fruit crops in Vietnam, has seen significant damage to its agricultural output, with over 400 hectares and 200 households affected. The frequent severe weather conditions, which include flooding, have resulted in the loss of crops and significant financial losses, with the cost of damage reaching US$85m in the first seven months of 2024, more than double the previous year. The flooding has also led to the evacuation of over 70 residents and the death or disappearance of 91 people due to adverse weather conditions during the same period.

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Heavy rain in Vietnam’s Binh Thuan province has flooded hundreds of hectares of dragon fruit farms and forced residents out of their homes according to reporting by AFP. The floods are the latest in a series of severe weather events in recent months. “We lost all our dragon fruit and cucumber crops this year,” local farmer Ho Van Trung told AFP. “My house and my gardens growing dragon fruit and cucumber are all submerged.” Binh Thuan province has 28,000ha of dragon fruit crops, the largest in Vietnam, growing 600,000 tonnes of fruit each year. Around 200 households and 400ha of mostly dragon fruit crops were flooded according to VNExpress. More than 70 residents were forced to evacuate while their homes were temporarily uninhabitable, the report said. Vietnam dragon fruit exports generated a record US$1.8bn in 2018, according to AFP, but the figure has been declining in recent years. The fruit thrives in ...

Source: Fruitnet