Vietnam: Loss of crops and devaluation, cashew growers in Ba Ria - Vung Tau suffer
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Vietnam
Published Apr 15, 2022
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Many cashew growers in Ba Ria - Vung Tau said that this year's cashew crop was harvested later than usual, farmers lost a lot of revenue, so the cashew orchards were absent from harvesters. Mr. Hoang Long Vy, a cashew farmer in Chau Duc district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province shared, before that, the time when the cashew tree flowered, it was raining with unseasonal rain with hoarfrost, the cold weather caused the flowers to dry and fall.
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Therefore, the rate of fruit set per tree is also less than every year, according to Mr. Vy's estimate, this year's cashew yield is 80-90% lower than last year. “This year's cashew crop was affected by two impacts, firstly, the prolonged COVID-19 epidemic and the long isolation period made it impossible for farmers to take care of the crop at the right time. Secondly, due to the influence of the weather, the flowering is a bit late and it rains a lot, so most of the cashew trees have root rot. So the area is large, but the harvest is very little, less than 10% compared to last year," said Mr. Hoang Long Vy. And Mr. Tran Van Nhat, in Hamlet 2, Hoa Hung Commune, Xuyen Moc District, said that his family is cultivating 1.2 hectares of cashews. If last year's cashew crop, his family obtained 2.5 tons of nuts, this year. Each cashew tree is only a few scattered fruits, luckily, the whole garden can only get nearly 2 quintals of seeds. According to Mr. Nhat, around this time every year ...
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