Tomato growers in mountainous Nghe An face difficulties due to falling prices
(Baonghean.vn) - After the Lunar New Year, prices of vegetables and fruits in the mountainous region of Nghe An dropped, especially tomatoes, causing people's income to decrease significantly.
The vegetable garden of Phong village, Thach Giam town (Tuong Duong) has long beenKnown by many as a safe vegetable garden.vegetables, tubers, fruitsHere, people grow it entirely by hand, without using any chemicals, so it is popular with consumers.
Vegetables here are usually sold at quite high prices and are very easy to sell. Before Tet, the selling price was quite stable, but after Tet, the purchase volume decreased, vegetables, tubers, and fruits were sluggish, especially tomatoes.
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The beautiful tomatoes are selected by Ms. Luong Thi Xuan to sell, while the bad ones will be brought home to feed the pigs. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
Ms. Luong Thi Xuan, residing in Phong village, Thach Giam town, Tuong Duong said: "Last year as well as this year, my family grew tomatoes on an area of about 400m22. Last year, during Tet, the selling price was 40,000 VND/kg, after Tet, it was 25,000 VND/kg. Compared to last year, this year's tomatoes are bigger and more beautiful, but before Tet, my family sold them for 30,000 - 35,000 VND/kg, after Tet, it dropped to 8,000 - 10,000 VND/kg and still no one bought them. Currently, I have about 200 kg that are about to ripen, I have to harvest them and sell them at the retail market to earn every penny I can.
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| Although no growth stimulants were used, the tomatoes were still large and even because they were carefully cared for by the people. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
In the same situation, Ms. Vang Thi Hong's family in Phong village, Thach Giam town is also struggling because tomato prices have dropped sharply. This season, Ms. Hong's family planted nearly 300m2Tomato wedges. Normally, traders come to the garden to buy a lot, but this year no one came to buy. Mostly people in town and neighboring areas come to buy retail for their own use.
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| Currently, the selling price of each kilogram of tomatoes sold by Mrs. Vang Thi Hong's family is only 10 thousand VND. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
This year, not only do we have citrus tomatoes - a specialty of Nghe An highlands, but also vegetables such aslettuce, cabbage, onions, greensin the area is also sluggish due to limited demand. Many families have not gone to the market because there is still a lot of food, parties and festivals have decreased sharply due to Covid-19. In addition, some supermarkets in Vinh used to go to buy but now do not due to limited demand.
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