Farmers earn millions every day from wild sim fruit
(Baonghean.vn) - At the beginning of the sim season, people in the mountainous commune of Anh Son district have gone up the mountain to pick dozens of kilograms of sim every day. Although being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, with the current selling price, people can earn millions of dong every day from wild sim fruit.
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| Many years ago, the Truong islet area in Tao Son commune (Anh Son) was almost unnoticed by anyone, because of its steep terrain, barren, rocky soil. On the hill, there was only one type of tree that could survive, which was the wild sim tree. When assigned to protect it, Mr. Nguyen Canh Sau in village 1 always wanted to keep the sim hill for his children and grandchildren as a place to play during their childhood. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| However, in the past 3 years, realizing that when the season comes, wild sim bears a lot of fruit, and it would be a waste to let it fall, Mr. Sau's family has been harvesting it to find a way to sell it to traders. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| “The sim season starts in early July and lasts until the end of the month. When there are too many ripe fruits, I have to hire neighbors to pick them in time. As soon as I pick them, people come to buy them, so it is very profitable,” said Mr. Nguyen Canh Sau. |
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| Summer children also take advantage of the time to go up the mountain to pick blackberries to earn extra income to prepare for the new school year. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| In this area, there are many ancient sim trees that bonsai enthusiasts have offered to buy for 1-3 million VND, but the owner refuses to sell them because he believes that he only wants to keep them and plant more so that in the future there will be a place for the young to play. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| To protect and develop the sim hill, every year Mr. Nguyen Canh Sau's family finds small sim trees from other places to plant and then hangs up cans to ward off birds, buffaloes, and cows that may cause damage. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| With the current selling price of about 30,000 - 40,000 VND/kg, Mr. Nguyen Canh Sau's family can pick 50-70 kg of sim every day, earning more than 1 million VND/day. Photo: Dao Tho |
