Nghe An: Vegetable consumption is strong, prices are on the rise

These days, people in the coastal vegetable growing area of ​​Quynh Luu district are busy harvesting and taking care of their crops. According to people, for the past week, prices of vegetables, tubers, and fruits have increased significantly and consumption is stronger than after Tet, more than a month ago.

Ms. Ho Thi Quyet in Hamlet 6, Minh Luong Commune said that currently, mustard greens are purchased by traders at 3,000 VND/kg, coriander at 10,000 VND/kg, other vegetables such as green onions, lettuce... have also increased in price significantly.

While harvesting coriander, Ms. Quyet said that 1 sao of coriander can yield 5-6 quintals, the current selling price is 10,000 VND/kg, earning around 6 million VND, minus the cost of 1.5 million VND, the profit is more than 4 million VND within 30 days of care. However, this price is not high, compared to the time when the best price was 15,000 - 20,000 VND/kg.

“After Tet, vegetables were only priced at 1,000 to 2,000 VND/kg but were still difficult to sell, causing heavy losses for vegetable growers. Now the market is stronger, and many types of vegetables have increased in price many times over, creating motivation for people to take care of them and prepare new land for planting,” said Ms. Ho Thi Quyet.

On this occasion, in addition to green vegetables, there are also many tomato products. It is known that although tomato consumption is stable, the selling price has not improved compared to 1 month ago from 4,000 - 5,000 VND/kg.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh in Hamlet 8, Minh Luong Commune said: His family has grown 3 sao of tomatoes (Nong Huu tomato variety), and started harvesting them right before Tet. Unlike previous years, when tomatoes were sold at 8,000 VND/kg, this year the price has dropped to 4,000 - 5,000 VND/kg, lasting from the time of harvest until now.

Mr. Ho Anh Dung - Chairman of Minh Luong Commune People's Committee said that the whole commune has more than 2,000 households producing over 380 hectares of various vegetables. This year, thanks to favorable weather, vegetables grow well, have a good harvest, and an estimated output of more than 15,000 tons. According to Mr. Dung, thanks to vegetables, local people have grown economically, but due to the abundant supply of vegetables in the market at times, it has affected the prices of various vegetables in the locality. However, intensive cultivation of vegetables, tubers, and fruits is a traditional occupation of farmers here, so the situation of good harvests and low prices and vice versa often happens every year. Therefore, people do not stop production because of low prices, but on the contrary, they still maintain the land for growing vegetables in succession, with the motto of not letting the land rest.

Research into the market in some other vegetable growing areas in Dien Chau district shows that vegetables in the fields are purchased more strongly by traders, and the selling price is also on the rise significantly compared to the period after Tet. Therefore, vegetables are consumed as soon as they are harvested.

The coastal area of ​​Quynh Luu district has a specialized vegetable growing area of ​​more than 600 hectares, considered the largest vegetable granary in the province. Each season has its own produce, thanks to the experience in intensive cultivation of vegetables, tubers and fruits, farmers here grow high-yielding vegetables all year round, always having goods to sell to the market in large quantities. Therefore, this coastal area is always bustling with the scene of farmers planting, caring for and harvesting vegetables. There are times when vegetables have good prices, each hectare harvests hundreds of millions of VND/crop./.