Nghe An: Joy and worry when adding passion fruit tree planning

(Baonghean.vn) - Receiving the decision to increase the area for growing passion fruit as raw materials, the government and people in Tuong Duong (Nghe An) were both happy and worried.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hai - Chairman of Tuong Duong District People's Committee inspected the development of passion fruit trees in the district. Photo courtesy

Mr. Nguyen Van Hai - Chairman of the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district said that after a period of testing, passion fruit trees planted in some areas of the district gave delicious and beautiful fruit. Local people in Nhon Mai and Tam Hop communes (Tuong Duong) were excited when the Provincial People's Committee decided to approve (Decision No. 1526/QQD-UBND dated April 17) to add a 300-hectare passion fruit planning area.

However, this decision was implemented when the purchase price of passion fruit at the beginning of this year's harvest was unstable, causing both joy and worry for the government and people. The joy is that the passion fruit tree has "taken root", many households are excited to identify this as a "poverty-escape tree". However, the worry is that if the purchase price is low, it will greatly affect their lives. The government is also worried about mobilizing people to develop passion fruit material areas.

Passion fruit planning in Tuong Duong district. Photo NN

According to a survey, passion fruit in Tuong Duong area reaches 25 tons/ha, many areas reach 30 tons/ha. Currently, people have developed 60 hectares. By 2021, if the planned area is 300 hectares, the number of passion fruit will be over 9,000 tons with a total estimated value of over 90 billion VND. If such value can be maintained, people in remote areas will escape poverty.

Thus, with the additional planning of the Provincial People's Committee, by 2021, passion fruit trees in Nghe An will have 1,800 hectares.

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