Quynh Luu 'Queen' pineapple has a factory signing a purchase contract

Farmers in Tan Thang commune, Quynh Luu district harvest pineapples. Photo: XH

Tan Thang commune is a locality with an area ofpineappleThe province has the largest area, with 650 hectares, mainly Queen pineapple, Cayen, also known as "queen" pineapple, good quality, high yield, favored by the market for many years. However, what sugarcane growers have long been worried about is the unstable consumption market. Like this year, since the beginning of the season, pineapple prices have fallen to rock bottom, pineapple growers are losing money.

Faced with that situation, recently the Tan Thang commune government proactively contacted Dong Giao pineapple processing factory (Ninh Binh) to sell pineapples to the people.

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh - Chairman of Tan Thang Commune People's Committee said: After a period of calling, on April 9, Dong Giao Pineapple Factory officially purchased pineapples for people in the commune, through a contract signed between the factory and households. Accordingly, the factory purchases pineapples from people in the garden at a price of 3,500 VND/kg for pineapples weighing 4,000g/fruit or more, with unlimited quantity. There are 2 forms of purchasing for people: First, a groupprivate businessCollect and transport to the factory. Second, households register to sell, then the factory directly comes to collect and transport.

Pineapple in Quynh Luu district has a yield of over 25 tons/ha. Photo: Tran Thanh Yen

"In order to ensure the rights of the people and the factory, the commune will propose to the factory to adjust the pineapple purchase price every 15 days to suit the market."

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh - Chairman of Tan Thang Commune People's Committee

According to Mr. Khanh, pineapple is one of the main crops of the locality, pineapple productivity here reaches over 25 tons per hectare, annual pineapple output reaches tens of thousands of tons. Therefore, the factory signed a contractpineapple consumptionfor the people is really necessary, in order to develop a stable pineapple material area, most importantly pineapple growers no longer worry about output. Another important issue is, in the process of harvesting and purchasing pineapple, between the people, traders and factories need to coordinate closely to have a suitable plan; and the local government will play a good role as an intermediary, a bridge.

When there is a factory that signs a contract to consume pineapple products, pineapple growers will no longer worry every time it is harvest season. Photo: XH

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dinh - Vice Chairman of the District People's CommitteeQuynh LuuIt is said that the pineapple area of ​​Quynh Luu is currently about 1,000 hectares, of which more than 400 hectares are for harvest, mainly in Tan Thang commune, in addition to some communes such as Quynh Thang and Quynh Chau.

For a long time, every time the pineapple harvest season comes, pineapple processing factories still buy pineapples from Quynh Luu district, however, there is no specific contract, so pineapple growers are not assured. With an annual pineapple output of tens of thousands of tons, the recent call and mediation for factories to sign contracts to buy pineapples for people by the Tan Thang commune government is necessary. This is a solution to timely consume pineapples for people, other localities need to implement to develop stable pineapple areas.