Farmers in Anh Son are busy harvesting cassava.

Taking advantage of favorable weather conditions, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ky's family in Hamlet 1, Hoi Son Commune, is currently mobilizing manpower to harvest 1 hectare of cassava. Ms. Ky said that every year in November, her family starts planting and after one year they can harvest.

These days, she has to hire extra workers to keep up with the demand from the factory. According to Ms. Ky's calculations, her family will achieve a yield of over 20 tons of cassava this season, and with relatively stable purchase prices, the family will earn nearly 40 million VND.

According to Ms. Ky's experience, cassava is not difficult to grow and adapts to various types of cultivated land, including barren land, deforested hills, infertile land, and sloping land. As long as farmers plant at the correct density and spacing and pay attention to proper care techniques, it will yield high economic returns.

Farmers in Anh Son during the cassava harvest season. Photo: Thai Hien

With 3 hectares of hillside land previously used to grow crops with low economic efficiency, in recent years, the family of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Thanh in Yen Hoa village, Hoa Son commune, has also switched to growing cassava for raw materials.

Mr. Thanh shared: For more than 5 years, thanks to cassava cultivation, his family has escaped poverty and has a stable income. Currently, his family has harvested 1/3 of the area, yielding over 70 tons of cassava tubers. With the current purchase price of 1,900 VND/kg at the field, after deducting expenses, his family earned over 100 million VND. Not only Mr. Thanh's family but most farmers here are very happy because all the harvested cassava is bought up immediately.

Hoa Son is one of the localities with a large area of ​​cassava cultivation in Anh Son district. As a commune with favorable conditions for developing industrial cassava production, especially with a processing plant located within its boundaries, Hoa Son commune has implemented many solutions to develop cassava cultivation, considering it a key crop in the local agricultural structure.

The cassava harvest season creates jobs for many local laborers. Photo: Thai Hien

Mr. Tran Quoc Khanh, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Son Commune People's Committee, said: "In recent years, thanks to the factory purchasing raw materials and stable prices, farmers in Hoa Son commune have now developed 150 hectares of cassava, with an average yield of 22 tons/ha."

The entire Anh Son district currently has 1,940 hectares of cassava supplying cassava starch processing plants in the area. Cassava is widely grown in the communes of Tho Son, Binh Son, Thanh Son, Hoa Son, Tuong Son, etc.

The period from October to the end of December is when farmers begin harvesting. Currently, nearly 100% of the cassava growing area in Anh Son is planted with high-yield varieties. The average yield is estimated at 225.4 quintals/hectare, with a total production of 33,590 tons, reaching 123% of the annual plan, a 27% increase compared to the same period last year. Each hectare of cassava yields a profit of 35 to 40 million VND.