Nghe An: Gac medicinal herb grown using organic methods reaches a value of 1.2 billion VND/ha
(Baonghean.vn) - With the characteristics of being easy to grow, having good resistance, few pests and diseases, easy to care for, and being more economically efficient than other crops, medicinal gac trees grown using organic methods have been planned to be brought to Yen Thanh district with the goal of developing key gac growing areas of Nghe An province.
Medicinal gac trees on Yen Thanh land were planted by a company belonging to TH Group in 2016 on the hilly land of hamlet 10, Lang Thanh commune.
To ensure high economic efficiency, the unit has directed the technical team to carry out the production processes well from the initial seed selection stage. Seeds are carefully selected, clean soil is not contaminated with heavy metals, and irrigation water sources must also be periodically checked. All planting and care processes are strictly followed, including pest control.
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| Currently, Yen Thanh has 17 hectares of gac fruit. Photo: Thai Duong |
Mr. Nguyen Van An - a technical worker of this enterprise said: For gac trees, there are often some harmful species such as melon beetles that destroy green buds when they first appear; six-sided stink bugs, fruit flies, beetles that destroy flowers and fruits, and trees often get yellow leaf disease. Therefore, we often have to catch and destroy them manually. For yellow leaf disease, we have used some homemade biological products to spray, creating resistance for the tree to grow well, giving high yield. Especially when the tree produces young fruit, it is immediately covered with a specialized bag to prevent fruit flies from sucking the pus.
Gac tree has a life cycle of 15 - 20 years depending on soil quality. After one year of planting, it will bear fruit, the harvest time lasts from 2 to 3 months.
Gac in Yen Thanh is grown using organic methods, 1 hectare yields from 12 to 15 tons of fresh fruit, through the extraction plant will give from 250 to 300 liters of gac oil. This product is used to make food capsules that can be exported to other countries.
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| Gac medicinal plant grown in Yen Thanh. Photo: Tran Chau |
Mr. Nguyen Sy Da - representative of the growing unit said, the average value of gac trees produced in the chain is 100 thousand VND, so each hectare will bring in an income of 1.2 to 1.5 billion VND.
From the economic efficiency, currently, the enterprise is coordinating with the locality to continue expanding the area approved by the province to 244 hectares for growing gac and medicinal plants, with the goal of increasing economic value per unit area, especially developing medicinal plants in the northern part of Yen Thanh district.
