The West is bustling with bo bo season
(Baonghean.vn) - These days, people in mountainous districts of Nghe An such as Que Phong, Ky Son, Tuong Duong... are focusing on harvesting bo bo fruit. This is a secondary forest product that brings in a good income for the people.
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| Bo bo fruit, also known as bon bo, mac ca, co ca... is a wild plant widely distributed on forestry land; growing and developing under the canopy of natural forests. Photo: Cuong Phuong |
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| According to the classification of Dr. Nguyen Quoc Binh - Center for Natural Museum, Vietnam Academy of Science, the plant is commonly called Guangxi galangal, scientific name is Alpinia Kwwangsiensis TL Wussj Chen, belongs to the genus Alpinia, Ginger family (Zingiberaceae). In the photo, a woman in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district is boiling the harvested bo bo fruits. Photo: Cuong Phuong |
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| After boiling, the bo bo fruits are peeled very carefully by people to be dried or sun-dried. Photo: Cuong Phuong |
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| It is currently the harvest season for bo bo fruits, from the elderly to children in the mountainous districts of Nghe An, all participate in the crop, bringing in a good income. Each day, a person can pick from 20 to 40 kg of fresh bo bo fruits from the forest. Photo: Cuong Phuong |
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| In recent years, the bo bo fruit has brought economic benefits associated with job creation, income increase, poverty reduction, and forest protection, so many ethnic minority households in Ky Son, Que Phong, Tuong Duong... have known how to protect and develop bo bo trees on garden land and forest land contracted to households according to Decree 163 of the Government (abbreviated as 163 land). Photo: Cuong Phuong |
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| Although it brings a high income to people, harvesting the bo bo fruit also takes a lot of steps. After picking, people have to dry it. Currently, the price of dried bo bo seeds ranges from 200,000 to 350,000 VND/10 kg. Photo: Cuong Phuong |
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| In the Western Nghe An, the plant and fruit of the barley plant are concentrated in districts such as Que Phong, Ky Son, Tuong Duong... Every year, hundreds of tons of barley plant are harvested. Although it brings high benefits, the consumption of barley plant depends mainly on the Chinese market and the development, exploitation and finding of outlets for barley plant by the people in the mountainous areas are facing legal problems. Photo: Phuong Cuong |
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| After drying, the bo bo fruit is purchased by traders at home. Currently, people do not know the real uses of this fruit, only that the Chinese market buys it. Some people believe that bo bo fruit is used as reserve food for horses in winter. Photo: Phuong Cuong. |
