Dien Chau is bustling with chaos

(Baonghean.vn) - The peanut purchasing profession, also known as peanut picking, has existed for a long time and is considered a traditional profession in some communes in Dien Chau, creating jobs for thousands of families with high incomes.

Peanut weaving season in Dien Chau. Photo: Mai Giang

Although it is still early in the season, every day Mr. Pham Bang - Hamlet 17 Dien Thinh has purchased up to a ton of fresh peanuts to dry, grind and sell to agents. He shared: I have been trading peanuts for about 12 years. A few years ago, I traveled a lot and had few people to help at home, so I only bought a few dozen tons. One ton of fresh peanuts had to be dried in the sun for 3 days, then ground, winnowed and picked before selling to others. Each month, I earned several tens of millions of dong.

With the acumen of peanut growers, Dien Thinh is the place where the peanut-shredding profession first appeared in Dien Chau for more than ten years. Out of a total of 3,000 households in the commune, there are 1,200 households that buy and process peanuts and there are 6 agents specializing in peanut export. From only buying within the district by bicycle and motorbike, now Dien Thinh people buy trucks to get goods from Hue, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa with the amount of peanuts in shell up to nearly 15,000 tons/crop.

Processed peanuts are ready to be exported to China. Photo: Mai Giang

Along with buying peanuts to dry, grind and sell peanuts to export agents, peanut millers with less capital have chosen to buy at the field and sell fresh peanuts to agents. Although selling through hands brings less profit, each day still earns 500,000 to 1 million VND. Ms. Ho Thi Hoa - Thinh Thanh hamlet - Dien Kim commune said: I do not have the conditions to store and grind peanuts, so I buy as many fresh peanuts as I can and sell them to agents.

Along with the farmers, 12 large agents also buy at the fields and for the vendors. With the investment in warehouse systems, vacuum machines, grinders, sieves, etc. for processing and preservation, although they buy a lot, the quality of the products is always guaranteed.

During the season, with sales volume of 20 - 30 tons/day for domestic and foreign markets, there are always more than 30 workers at the facilities specializing in loading, grinding, selecting peanuts...

Ms. Dau Thi Nhan - owner of a peanut purchasing agent in Hamlet 9, Dien Thanh said: Every day, she sells about 5-7 tons of peanuts to the Hanoi - Hai Phong market, and exports 20 tons.

Dien Chau peanuts are exported to many countries around the world. Photo: Mai Giang

Dien Chau is a key district of Nghe An province in peanut production with an area of ​​3,000 hectares/crop, yielding about 9,000 tons. Purchasing, processing, and exporting peanuts is a traditional occupation, creating jobs for about 2,500 workers in Dien Thinh, Dien Thanh, Dien Van, Dien Hung, Dien Kim, Dien Hai, and Dien An. This occupation only lasts about 2 months from May to July every year, but on average, each peanut-shredding worker earns from 30 million to hundreds of millions of VND. Agents alone earn billions of VND each year.

Mr. Cao Hieu - Chairman of Dien Thinh Commune People's Committee said: Peanut-shredding job helps people have jobs, brings high income, so people's lives are improved. People who do agriculture and take advantage of peanut-shredding job also earn up to 50 million VND/year. Before each peanut harvest season, the Commune People's Committee works with a number of banks as well as the commune's people's credit fund to create conditions for people to borrow capital to store goods.

Dien Chau peanuts have conquered many domestic markets and foreign customers such as China, Thailand, Indonesia... Thereby, creating conditions for the district to successfully build the Dien Chau peanut brand./.

Mai Giang