Nghi Loc: Earns 22 billion VND from shallots

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, 55 hectares of shallots belonging to farmers in Nghi Lam commune, Nghi Loc district, are in the harvesting season, yielding hundreds of millions of VND per hectare.

Despite unfavorable weather conditions and a prolonged drought affecting the onion crop, the shallots in Nghi Lam, Nghi Loc still thrived, yielding 800 kg of bulbs per sao (approximately 1000 square meters).With a selling price of around 30,000 - 35,000 VND/kg,Each hectare of shallots yields an income of 400 million VND. Divided among households, planting a few acres of shallots brings in tens of millions of VND each.

The entire Nghi Lam commune currently has 55 hectares of land planted with shallots (mainly hybrid shallots). It is expected that many families will expand their planting area in the future because it yields a relatively high income.

Shallots are easy to grow because they adapt to many soil types, require light labor, and use minimal pesticides, thus limiting environmental pollution.

Currently, people throughout the commune are simultaneously harvesting shallots. Ms. Nguyen Thi An from Hamlet 18, Nghi Lam commune, planted 1 sao (approximately 1000 square meters) of hybrid shallots and earned about 25 million VND. Ms. An added that growing shallots is easy, requires low investment costs, and yields high income, so her family will expand the area planted with shallots.

The joy of the farmers in Nghi Lam during the shallot harvest season.

Shallots, along with other spice and seasoning crops, are quite economically valuable and suitable for areas surrounding Vinh City to serve the needs of urban consumers. This could be a promising direction for farmers.

Van Xinh - Dan Phuong