Vietnam: Growing high-tech melon brings efficiency

While the price of coffee and pepper was unstable, many farmers in Cu M’gar district (Dak Lak province) boldly converted to a number of new crops and initially brought efficiency. In which, there is a model of growing melon in a film house of Ms. Ngo Thi Yen's family in residential group 4, Quang Phu town (Cu M’gar district). After surveying the market and learning how to plant, in October 2020, Yen boldly brought 1,400 melon trees to plant on an area of 500 m2. She has invested VND 240 million to apply greenhouse technology to prevent insect infestation, reduce the use of plant protection drugs; equipped with a drip irrigation system to help control the water flow for each tree root and provide the right amount of fertilizer, save labor ... However, the first melon season, due to the inappropriate selection of varieties, thin fruit skin easily cracked so there is no profit, just enough revenue ... Ms. Yen (left cover) introduced the model of growing melon of the family to the ...