Where people hope for sunshine for a bumper salt harvest
(Baonghean.vn) - The peak heat of May has affected the lives of people in many localities. It seems that no one likes the prolonged heat, but no, there are still rural areas where people hope for as many sunny days as possible. That is the salt farmers of Quynh Luu salt land. Hot sun means hope for successful salt crops.
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| Quynh Luu District is considered one of the largest salt producing localities in Nghe An Province. At this time, the hot weather is favorable, hundreds of salt farmers are actively promoting the main salt production season. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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Salt making is a very hard job. A salt worker's day usually starts when the sun rises, taking advantage of the hottest time of the day to make salt. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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| The main salt season in Quynh Luu starts from May to August (solar calendar), the peak is from June to July - when the average temperature is from 39 - 41 degrees Celsius. Each salt slab can yield 1 quintal/day. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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| Communes such as An Hoa, Quynh Minh, Quynh Tho, Quynh Thuan... have the highest salt area and output in Quynh Luu district. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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| The salt industry is very hard and depends a lot on the weather, so for salt farmers, the more sunny days they have, the happier they are because salt production is effective. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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| To increase the value of salt, salt producers have invested funds and applied new salt production models such as clean salt, safe salt, etc. to help stabilize output and increase salt prices. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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| Nowadays, young people in salt-making communes are not interested in working as salt workers, but most of them go to work far away, because the salt-making profession is too hard and the income is not high. In the salt fields, there are now only the figures of older salt workers, or young people who follow their parents to the fields after school. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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| Salt prices fluctuate, so when the salt season ends, people have to turn to other seasonal jobs such as construction workers, porters, fish farmers... to make ends meet. However, they still do not give up the salt industry because the hardship and saltiness of working in the fields at night and early in the morning have become familiar. Photo: Nhat Thanh |
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