Glue seeds in Tan Ky are sluggish.

Traveling along the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Tan Huong commune (Tan Ky) these days, people on both sides of the road produce acacia seedlings quite a lot. However, at this time, the output of acacia seedlings is very difficult to consume.

Mr. Nguyen Nhu Quang in Hamlet 6, Tan Huong Commune shared: Last year, the price of acacia seedlings was high, easy to sell, traders came to the place to buy; at 400 VND/tree, but at this time the price has dropped to only 150 VND/tree and it is very difficult to sell, currently in the garden there are still over 15,000 trees out of a total of 30,000 acacia seedlings. If they cannot be sold in the next 2 weeks, they will have to be destroyed to grow another batch because the seedlings are too old.

Mr. Le Duc Thuyen - Chairman of Tan Huong Commune People's Committee said: The profession of growing acacia seedlings in Tan Huong Commune has existed since 2000. Currently, the whole commune has 286 households participating in growing acacia seedlings, annually growing 14 million acacia seedlings to sell to Nghe An and neighboring provinces, bringing in tens of billions of VND in revenue for the locality.

However, the problem of output consumption has been difficult recently. Currently, the whole commune is "holding" about 120,000 acacia seedlings. The reason is that there are currently many sources of acacia seedlings brought to Nghe An from other places in the Northern and Southern provinces. The selling price is cheaper, so acacia from Tan Ky district is difficult to compete.

Another reason is that during the hot season, the season for these acacia crops has ended, and many acacia seed plots are infested with pests and diseases.

To develop acacia seedlings in a sustainable way, the commune has recommended that people need to diversify their products, not depending on only acacia seedlings. Such as producing both native trees and acacia seedlings from cuttings, the bigger the tree, the more valuable and easier to sell.

A representative of the People's Committee of Tan Ky district said: To avoid the situation of acacia seedlings being stagnant and difficult to sell, the district is continuing to encourage people to plan and produce acacia seedlings to sell according to the forest planting season. In the hot summer, the quantity of acacia production can be reduced.

In particular, the production of acacia varieties with quality and reasonable prices to compete with other acacia seed sources brought to Nghe An. It is known that Tan Ky district currently has 339 facilities specializing in producing acacia seeds in Tan Huong and Nghia Hanh communes, producing about 16 million acacia seedlings annually. The surplus of acacia seeds is also due to spontaneous development in recent times.