Nghi Loc: Earned 22 billion VND from shallots

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, 55 hectares of shallots of farmers in Nghi Lam commune, Nghi Loc district are in harvest season, bringing in hundreds of millions of VND/ha.

Although unfavorable weather and prolonged drought affected onion plants, chives in Nghi Lam and Nghi Loc still grew well, with a yield of 800 kg of bulbs per sao.With a selling price of about 30,000 - 35,000 VND/kg,Each hectare of shallots brings in 400 million VND. Divided into each household, they grow a few acres of shallots and earn tens of millions.

Nghi Lam commune currently has 55 hectares of shallots (mainly hybrid shallots). It is expected that in the near future many families will expand their acreage because of the high income.

Shallots are easy to grow because they adapt to many types of soil, are light work, and use few pesticides, thus limiting environmental pollution.

Currently, people in the whole commune are simultaneously going to the fields to harvest shallots. Ms. Nguyen Thi An in hamlet 18, Nghi Lam commune, planted 1 sao of hybrid shallots, earning about 25 million VND. Ms. An added that growing shallots is easy, the investment cost is low and the income is high, so her family will expand the area of ​​shallots.

The joy of Nghi Lam farmers in the onion harvest season.

Shallots, along with other plants grown as spices and seasonings, are plants with quite good economic value, suitable for the localities surrounding Vinh city to serve the needs of inner-city consumers. This could be a promising direction for farmers.

Van Xinh - Dan Phuong