Green coffee prices fall during the main season

(Baonghean.vn) -Farmers in Anh Son (Nghe An) are in the main green eggplant harvest season, however, eggplant growers are not happy because the price has dropped sharply to only 2,000 VND/kg.

According to farmers, this year the green eggplant yield is 5-6 quintals per sao, but the price has dropped sharply compared to the same period last year. If in previous years, at this time, all over the eggplant fields, there was a bustling atmosphere of people picking and buying right at the foot of the field, this year people are not very interested in harvesting because the eggplant is too cheap.

Despite the bumper crop, people are not very interested in harvesting. Photo: Thai Hien

Ms. Tran Thi Hoa, village 4, Hoa Son commune, shared: Her family has a tradition of growing green eggplant for decades. After about 90 days of planting, the eggplant will yield the first harvest. At peak harvest time, they pick once a day, each time picking about 40-50 kg. Every year, the selling price fluctuates from 10-15,000 VND/kg, after Tet it is 25,000 VND/kg, with more than 2 sao, the family earns more than 20 million VND. But now, the price of green eggplant has dropped dramatically, selling at the field is only 2,000 VND/kg, not worth the effort of harvesting.

Also a household with many years of experience growing green eggplant, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, village 4, Hoa Son commune, said: Through the process of growing and caring for eggplant, she realized that this is an easy-to-grow plant, requires little care, and the harvest period lasts 4-5 months, and if well cared for, it can last 6 months. Each day, her family harvests 300,000 eggplants. If the price at the beginning of the season is followed, the family will earn over 300,000 VND, but with the current purchase price of only 2,000 VND/kg, the family only gets 60,000 VND.

Ms. Tran Thi Hoa, village 4, Hoa Son commune, had to choose and throw away some of her spoiled green eggplants because they were unsold due to the low selling price. Photo: Thai Hien

According to Mr. Tran Quoc Khanh - head of the Hoa Son commune agricultural department: The green eggplant variety is grown by the people themselves, so it bears a lot of fruit, has a shiny green skin, white-green flesh, and is very sweet. In recent years, the eggplant growing area has been constantly increasing, currently the whole Hoa Son commune has more than 10 hectares, concentrated in hamlets 4 and 5, many households invest in 4 to 5 sao, the smallest households also have 1 sao. This year, although the area has expanded, the eggplant yield is high, but it has fallen into a situation of good harvest and low price, making people not interested in harvesting.

Not only Hoa Son commune, but also many localities in Anh Son such as Cam Son, Tuong Son, Thach Son are similar, because in reality, people have not created connections, where to find products, so prices are unstable...

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