Vietnam: Prolonged hot weather causes cashew growers to lose revenue

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Published Mar 23, 2024

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The 2024 cashew harvest in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam, is predicted to be significantly lower than previous years due to prolonged hot weather causing dry flowers and withering fruit, leading to a 40-50% decrease in productivity. The harsh weather has also impacted the fruit setting rate and output in many regional cashew orchards. Consequently, many cashew growers are transitioning to other crops with higher economic value. To combat this, the agricultural sector is implementing strategies to improve cashew garden quality, including supporting high-yield cashew varieties and exploring new tree varieties that are better suited to the local soil and climate.

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Ba Ria-Vung Tau is entering the peak of the cashew harvest in 2024. Contrary to expectations, this year cashew growers are facing a poor cashew season. From early 2024 until now, prolonged hot weather has caused many cashew growing areas in the province to have dry flowers and local fruit withering. Records in Xuyen Moc district, a locality with a large cashew area in the province, show that, compared to the same time last year, cashew productivity decreased by 40-50%. The nearly 9-acre cashew garden with 120 high-yield Thai cashew trees of Mr. Hoang Van Khuyen's family, Bau Chien hamlet, Tan Lam commune, Xuyen Moc district is giving its second harvest. However, the cashew harvest is expected to be about 40% lower than usual every year, due to frost at the time of flowering cashew trees, so the fruit-setting rate is low. “At the beginning of the season, the flowers were abundant and beautiful, but after Tet until now, the sun, wind and frost caused the flowers to dry and fall off. ...

Source: Baobariavungtau