Nghia Dan farmers 'laugh and cry' over red tangerines

Present at the red tangerine garden of more than 300 trees of Mr. Hoang Huu Hoa's family in hamlet 4B, Nghia Mai commune. Looking at the red tangerine garden, beautiful appearance, but according to the owner "there are many fruits but the unripe ones are sour, the ripe ones are spongy so they cannot be sold. Not to mention, with the current rainy weather, if the fruits are not harvested in time, they will rot and fall".

There are many ripe tangerines but Mr. Hoa does not want to cut and sell them because they are cheap. Photo: Minh Thai

Similarly, Cao Xuan Hiep's family in hamlet 4A was also restless when the tangerine garden was ready to be harvested to pay off the investment debt, but only a few hundred kilograms of fruit were picked from the whole garden, the rest were sour and spongy.

According to Mr. Hiep, with that quantity, along with the current price, grade 1 tangerines at the garden are only 10-12 thousand VND/kg, grade 2 is from 5-6 thousand VND/kg, compared to last year nearly 20 thousand VND/kg, but it is still very difficult to sell because traders do not like it, so there is not enough money for fertilizer, pesticides...

It is known that in the past time, implementing the policy of converting crops, Nghia Mai commune has converted more than 50 hectares of citrus trees, of which tangerine trees alone are over 20 hectares, of which red tangerine trees are 3 hectares. Mr. Cao Van Bang - Chairman of the Commune Farmers' Association said: In the commune, there are more than 10 households growing red tangerine varieties, these are spontaneous growers so the selection of varieties has not been given attention, leading to poor fruit quality and difficulty in consumption.

This year's red tangerines have beautiful appearance but are sour and spongy. Photo: Minh Thai