Nghe An strives to grow 1,050 hectares of avocado by 2025.
(Baonghean.vn) - With a potential income value of up to 250 - 300 million VND/ha, while the supply is forecast to be in short supply in the world market, developing avocado growing areas is considered a fairly safe and effective direction at present. Although there are only over 44 hectares of avocado, Nghe An is currently identifying many solutions to make avocado a key crop of the province.
Nghe An currently has 44.5 hectares of avocado, mainly in Nghia Dan with 35 hectares, Thai Hoa Town with 5 hectares, Que Phong with 2 hectares and Anh Son with 2 hectares. With an average yield of 85.36 quintals/hectare, the annual output is currently over 250 tons, the production value of avocado trees is from 150 - 200 million VND/hectare, while the average of the whole province is only 75 million VND/hectare of cultivated land.
This is considered a valuable tree with large market demand, however, the area is not large, mainly intercropped, and there is no specific planning. There are no processing facilities in the province, only manual processing, mainly consumed within the province and a part is exported to Hanoi.
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| Nghe An avocado products have good quality, beautiful designs, and are favored by consumers. Photo: Minh Thai |
With the goal of having 1,050 hectares of avocado in the whole province by 2025, Nghe An plans toInvest in developing about 800 hectares in Phu Quy districts such as Nghia Dan, Thai Hoa town and Quy Hop to build and develop the Nghia Dan avocado brand.from there expand to other localities.
In addition to the three main districts above, avocado trees will be planted in Que Phong, Anh Son, Tuong Duong, Dien Chau and Hung Nguyen.
It is expected that by 2025, Nghe An will reach an output of 4,125 tons of avocado and by 2030, it will reach about 15,750 tons. To ensure stable consumption, the province is planning to attract investment in building a fruit processing and preservation factory (including avocado products) in the High-tech Agricultural Zone in Nghia Phu commune, Nghia Dan district, creating quality products for export" - Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Hoang Nghia Hieu said.
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| Many households in Nghia Phu commune, Nghia Dan district earn hundreds of millions of dong from avocado trees. Photo: Minh Thai |
The project of applying scientific and technological advances in breeding and experimental planting of avocado trees on a scale of 3 hectares is being implemented in Nghia Dan as a basis for providing avocado varieties to Nghe An, and partly to Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces in the coming time.
After having a stable raw material area, Nghe An will promote attracting and linking with businesses participating in the value chain, investing in linking production, preservation, and deep processing of avocado products such as nutritional powder, soap, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, etc. to increase added value.At the same time, focus on converting crop structure, investing in infrastructure, organizing avocado production; promote the application of production processes according to safety and quality standards along the value chain in production.Select and arrange a new avocado growing model in each district to serve as a basis for transferring the application of science and technology, learning, and expanding avocado tree development.
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| Products displayed at the Workshop on developing and building the Nghia Dan avocado brand held at the end of 2017. Photo: Minh Thai |
In addition to the fresh avocado consumption market in Hanoi and some northern provinces, the province will connect with businesses to expand to the Chinese market along the Ho Chi Minh road; at the same time, effectively exploit the domestic market and neighboring provinces; build processing factories, exploit and develop markets to developed countries such as the US, EU, etc.
