(Baonghean.vn) - Coming to Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town) at the time when farmers are harvesting chayote. This year, the weather is quite favorable so chayote grows well, harvest lasts long and is very expensive. With the current price of 3.5 thousand VND/kg, farmers earn about 200 million VND/ha.
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| Quynh Lien commune has 310 hectares of land specializing in vegetable cultivation, of which 65 hectares are for growing chayote. Chayote was introduced to the locality by local people in 2003 and has developed until now. There were years when chayote prices dropped and chayote growers did not bother to harvest, but this year, the price is high, 1 kg sold in the field is 3,000 - 3,500 VND/kg. |
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| Favorable weather conditions cause chayote in Quynh Lien to bear fruit continuously. |
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien grows 2 sao of chayote. This year, during the harvest season, her family harvests once every 2-3 days. |
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| Like previous years, this time of year there are very few chayote fruits due to the heat, but this year the weather is cool so the fruit is still abundant. In the photo:Chayote is collected before being sold. |
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| Currently, after harvesting, traders come to the fields to buy chayote, then gather them at collection teams along the roads and then load them onto trucks to be transported to Hanoi and Hai Phong for consumption. Not only for domestic sale, in the past 5 years, chayote has also been exported to China. In the photo: Mr. Dam Van Thuc, purchasing chayote for the people. |
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| Bring chayote to the collection point for consumption. |
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| With 65 hectares of chayote growing area, the average yield is 100 tons/ha, so the total chayote output in 2016 of the commune is about 6,500 tons. With an average price of 3,000 VND/kg, after deducting expenses, 1 hectare will bring in an income of over 200 million VND/ha. The total revenue of the commune is over 13 billion VND. |
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