Stabilizing the raw material cane area, a difficult problem in Vietnam
Sugarcane
Vietnam
Published Jul 7, 2022
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Previously, along the road to Ban Phan village, Trung Hoa commune (Chiem Hoa) were vast sugarcane fields. Now, the fields are still green, but mainly corn, cassava, fruit trees... Mr. Trieu Van Van, Ban Phan village confided, growing sugarcane is very hard, takes a lot of care, The harvest depends heavily on the weather, so the income is low and unstable.
Original content
The last year's sugarcane crop was destroyed by borers, causing him to spend a lot of money on pesticides and care, but the yield still decreased. With 0.6 hectares of sugarcane, in the last crop, Mr. Van obtained more than 30 tons of raw sugarcane, with the selling price of 1,000 VND/kg, minus the cost he earned more than 10 million VND/year. In the same village of Ban Phan, Mr. Ly Dinh Hien's household has transferred more than 2 hectares of his family's sugarcane land to maize and pomelo cultivation. Mr. Hien said that after many years of selling sugarcane in a row, it only broke even, and even made a loss in some years, so the family decided to give up sugarcane to switch to other crops even though it has been with sugarcane for more than 10 years. Currently, not only him, but many relatives here are doing the same. Hopefully, this conversion model will bring higher economic efficiency than sugarcane. Mr. Do Van Hieu, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...
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