Farmers in Vietnam plant lemongrass on a large hill and have them set on fire themselves
Lemongrass
Vietnam
Published Oct 4, 2021
Tridge summary
Meanwhile, the agricultural industry and local authorities believe that one of the reasons for the failure of this model is that farmers spontaneously plant. The citronella oil extraction workshop of Minh Ngoc Cooperative located in Coc Sam village, Phong Nien commune more than a year ago was still crowded with people, cars going in and out to import lemongrass to cook essential oils, but now it's empty. The remaining lemongrass roots are piled up in a corner.
Original content
In order not to waste the invested facilities, the cooperative is trying by borrowing capital to invest in 2 boilers to extract cinnamon essential oil. The lemongrass essential oil processing workshop of the Ban Cam Agricultural Service Cooperative located in Khau Co village, Ban Cam commune is now in ruins, leaving only a steel frame and a corrugated iron roof. The owner of this facility in Ban Phiet commune sold the equipment to remove some of the investment costs, then did not return. The whole yard in front of the essential oil processing factory, formerly planted with green lemongrass, is now covered with ash gray. Mr. Pham Tien Lu, Director of Ban Cam Commune Agricultural Service Cooperative regretted that he had just burned most of his family's lemongrass growing area to convert to bananas and corn. With a tanned face, unable to hide his disappointment, Mr. Lu said: In June, someone asked to buy my family's lemongrass hill for nearly one hundred million dong, but I didn't ...
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