Dien Chau earns 4 billion VND from growing beans on high-altitude rice land

(Baonghean.vn) - This summer-autumn crop, Dien Chau farmers converted 100 hectares of highland rice land with limited water resources to grow bean varieties.and give very high income.

Accordingly, 100 hectares of green beans, black beans and red beans are grown on double-rice land without proactive water sources in mountainous and semi-mountainous communes such as Dien Lam, Dien Phu, Dien Loi and Dien Loc communes.

Summer-autumn beans in Dien Chau have an average yield of 60 - 70 kg/sao. Photo: Mai Giang

The advantage of bean plants is that they are less susceptible to pests and diseases and have a short growing period. It only takes 70 days from sowing to harvest. On the other hand, the cost of intensive cultivation per sao is only about 200,000 VND for seeds and fertilizer.

Currently, Dien Chau farmers are focusing on mass harvesting of summer-autumn beans; the average yield is 60 - 70kg/sao. With the current selling price of 30,000 VND/kg, each sao of beans brings in 1.8 - 2 million VND, which is higher than growing rice in this summer-autumn crop.

In the summer-autumn crop of 2017, Dien Chau farmers converted 100 hectares of highland rice land to grow bean varieties. Photo: Mai Giang

With an area of ​​over 100 hectares converted, people earned about 4 billion VND from growing beans. The success of growing beans has affirmed the right direction in converting drought-resistant crops, suitable for the current climate change situation, especially when the output market for beans is very easy.

Mai Giang