Nghe An: Hundreds of hectares of chayote and green vegetables piled up in the fields because they cannot be sold.

Along the sea dike of Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town), dozens of hectareschayoteThe fruit is left unsold in the fields. Unable to sell, the chayote growers have to pick it and pile it up in the fields to use as fertilizer.

Unable to sell, chayote growers had to pick and leave them in piles in the fields. Photo: Viet Hung

Ms. Nguyen Thi Van in Quynh Lien commune grows 13 sao of chayote. If in previous years, after harvesting, she sold the crop to traders for an average of 2,000 VND/kg, she would earn more than 100 million VND. However, after Tet until now, the chayote has not been sold, so she had to hire someone to pick some of the fruit to preserve the vines for the next crops.

Cabbage is cut by farmers to feed poultry and livestock and composted right in the field. Photo: Viet Hung

Chayote squash piled up at the foot of the field. Never before have chayote squash been unsold at harvest time like this year.

Invegetable growing areasIn Quynh Luu district, people are also "miserable" because they cannot sell vegetables and have to cut them up to feed poultry and livestock and compost them right in the fields.

In previous years, the cheapest cabbage was around 2,000 VND/kg, but after Tet until now, the price is only 500 VND/kg but still cannot be sold. The vegetables are too old, so people have had to hire a plow to use the cabbage as fertilizer.

Vegetables are unsold, Quynh Luu people leave them in the fields. Photo: Viet Hung

The coastal area of ​​Quynh Luu and Hoang Mai town is the largest vegetable growing area in the province with more than 1,000 hectares. Unsold vegetables, now people have to spend more money to hire plows to process the vegetables piled up in the fields to plant a new crop.

According to the calculations of the agricultural sector in the coastal communes, for every hectare of vegetables, people lose more than 120 million VND. And if the unsold vegetable situation continues, this spring crop, people in Quynh Luu and Hoang Mai will lose tens of billions of VND.

Farmers destroy lettuce to plant a new crop. Photo: Viet Hung

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong in Quynh Luong commune (Quynh Luu) said that before, her family bought 5-6 tons of vegetables every day, but now they buy about 5-6 quintals and then sell them retail at the markets.

More than ever, vegetable growers are in dire need of encouragement and sharing from all levels and sectors to quickly overcome immediate difficulties as well as orient long-term, contributing to sustainable agricultural production./.