Vietnam: Purple onion farmers are excited because the harvest is good

Published Feb 17, 2023

Tridge summary

Farmers in Vinh Chau town, Soc Trang province, Vietnam, are experiencing a bountiful harvest of purple onions, with prices doubling and yield increasing by 30% compared to the previous year. The average yield this season is 18-20 tons per hectare, and there is no surplus as in previous years due to the promotion of scattered planting and linked product consumption. The cost of plant protection drugs has also decreased due to a lack of significant pest issues. This has resulted in a profitable crop for farmers, with over 100 million VND in profits per hectare.
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Original content

In the past few days, farmers in the area specializing in growing purple onions in Vinh Chau town, Soc Trang province are starting to harvest the commercial onion crop. This year, the people of Vinh Chau purple onion (capital) are quite excited, because the commercial onion price is twice as high, the yield increased by 30% compared to the previous year. According to Mr. Ong Hoang Tich (Vinh Hai commune), Vinh Chau town, this year the family planted 5,000 m2 of commercial onions, currently harvested nearly 3,000m2, with a yield of nearly 2 tons/1,000m2, selling price 25,000 VND/kg, minus the profit cost, bringing back nearly 20 million VND/1,000m2 of commercial purple onions. This year, farmers growing commercial onions in Vinh Chau town are quite excited, because the current price of purple onions is nearly double that of the onion crop year 2021-2022, the yield per 1,000m2 increases from 300-500 kg compared With the previous crop, there are few pests and diseases, so investment ...

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