Hunting for 'buying competition' for winter radishes
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, farmers in Hoang Mai (Nghe An) are entering the white radish harvest season. Due to the scarcity of green vegetables, every day dozens of traders from all over come to compete for the market.buy by the kilo
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| Traders from many places compete to buy white radish in Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town). Photo: Viet Hung |
Floods in September and October 2017 submerged hundreds of hectares of vegetables of people in Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai, causing the price of green vegetables to be purchased at very high prices, including white radish.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Chau in Hamlet 10, Quynh Lien Commune (Hoang Mai Town) said that her family planted 20 sao of white radish, before the flood season, they harvested and sold more than 10 sao at the price of 7,000 VND/kg. The remaining areas are now starting to be harvested, and traders are coming to buy them at the price of more than 10,000 VND/kg.
This winter crop, Quynh Lien commune has restructured the production of 90 hectares of various vegetables, including 30 hectares of white radish. During the flood in early October, about 15 hectares of radish were submerged and damaged along with other vegetables.
At this point, the weather has stabilized, and people are continuing to care for and harvest the remaining radish fields. Traders from many places are calling and coming to the fields to compete to buy.
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| Due to the scarcity of vegetables after the flood, the price of white radish increased to 11,000 VND in the field. Photo: Viet Hung |
Ms. Ho Thi Hoa - a trader in Quynh Luong commune (Quynh Luu) said that in order to have products to sell at the market, she had to contact and deposit with vegetable growers to register to buy vegetables. Due to the sudden increase in demand for green vegetables, while the products are not enough to supply, purchasing is very difficult.
| Due to insufficient supply for the market, traders in Hoang Mai and Quynh Luu are now going door to door to buy green vegetables to sell at the market, at prices 2-3 times higher than before. For example, green onions, which cost 7,000 VND - 10,000 VND/kg, are now up to 40,000 VND/kg; radishes, which cost 5,000 VND - 7,000 VND, are now priced at 11,000 - 12,000 VND/kg; sweet cabbage, which cost 3,000 VND/bunch, is now up to 6,000 VND/bunch. |
To soon have green vegetable products to supply the market, the specialized vegetable growing areas in Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai, and Dien Chau districts are reproducing, sowing new varieties and are expected to harvest in about the next month.
Viet Hung
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