Do Luong shallots have a good harvest and good price.

Ngoc Phuong• April 15, 2019 17:26

(Baonghean.vn) - In mid-April, farmers in Do Luong went to the fields to harvest shallots. The average yield of shallots this crop reached 5.2 quintals/sao, with a selling price of 35,000 VND/kg, making people very excited.

This spring crop, Do Luong farmers planted nearly 100 hectares of shallots, concentrated in the communes of Tru Son (50 hectares), Dai Son (10 hectares), Nhan Son (9 hectares)...

Farmers in Do Luong district harvest shallots. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

In Tru Son commune, chives are grown mainly in hamlets 1, 2, 3, and 4; in which, hamlets 1 and 2 alone grow 29 hectares. If before 2010, people mainly grew chives for daily use, now 100% of households grow chives, with the smallest households growing 1 sao, and the largest households growing 5-7 sao. Hamlet 2 alone has about 20 hectares of chives, earning billions of dong each year.

To expand the area, farmers have changed the traditional, time-consuming and low-yield planting method to a new method, which is the entire field area after being prepared, plowed into ridges, and onions are sown in straight rows. With this method, onions are not only guaranteed light for growth, but also easy to care for and harvest; raw materials such as mulch and rice husks are purchased from localities in the district.

Currently, toothpicks cost from 35,000 - 40,000 VND/kg. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

This year, shallots have a good harvest and good prices; each sao of shallots brings in an income of 4.5 - 6 quintals/sao, selling price is 35,000 VND/kg (an increase of 10,000 VND/kg compared to 2018). Each sao brings in an income of more than 15 million VND.

Mr. Nguyen Thuy Chinh - Chairman of Tru Son Commune People's Committee said: After harvesting, onions are purchased by traders and sold in Vinh city, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Hanoi and southern provinces... Currently, people have harvested almost all the area.

This year, in addition to growing chives in large fields, farmers in Do Luong also grow them on small plots of land without water to grow rice...

Shallots are grown in fields in Tru Son commune (Do Luong). Photo: Ngoc Phuong

Shallots also have price drops, however, for many years, shallots in Do Luong have brought in billions of dong in income for farmers. The economic benefits from growing shallots have truly shown that this is a high-income model, taking advantage of even high-lying areas that do not have enough water to grow rice.