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Vietnam: Pain in the largest sweet potato growing area in the West

Sweet Potato
Vietnam
Published Jun 20, 2022

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LTS.From the largest potato granary in the western provinces, until now, Binh Tan district (Vinh Long) only has about 700ha of sweet potatoes. Consumption mainly depends on the Chinese market, while China's continuous changes in imported food control have led to a narrowing of the Binh Tan sweet potato consumption market. Finding a solution to stably develop a specialty of Binh Tan is a difficult question at the moment.

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Lesson 1: Area of Binh Tan sweet potato reduced by 95% According to information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Tan district provided to Dan Viet Newspaper, in the first 6 months of 2022, the area of sweet potatoes (mainly purple sweet potatoes) in the whole district was only recorded. 700ha (lower than the same period in 2021 is 6,300ha). Also according to information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Tan district, the area of sweet potatoes in the district recorded the most in 2018 with about 14,000 hectares. However, from 2019 to now, the area has decreased continuously. Specifically, in 2019 recorded 13,500ha; by 2020 is 12,700ha; in 2021 is 7,300ha. To find out more about the reason why the area of Binh Tan sweet potato decreased dramatically, the reporter went to many communes with a large sweet potato growing area to find out. Accordingly, most people said that they no longer grow sweet potatoes because of many ...
Source: Danviet
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