(Baonghean.vn) - Due to prolonged heavy rains, many crop areas in western Nghe An province have been affected and damaged. In Dong Van commune (Tan Ky district), many cassava fields are at risk of rotting tubers, so farmers are collectively uprooting and selling them prematurely.
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| In Buc hamlet, many residents mobilized manpower to harvest cassava. According to locals, if left submerged in water for just a few days, the cassava tubers will rot, causing significant losses. |
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| Due to the impact of the floods, most of the cassava fields belonging to local farmers were submerged. |
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| Farmers are rushing to harvest young cassava plants after the rainy season to prevent the tubers from dying or rotting. |
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| As in previous years, farmers still have more than a month to harvest and deliver cassava to the factory, but this year, due to excessive rainfall and flooding, more than half of the cassava plants have yellowed leaves and are on the verge of dying. If they don't finish harvesting within the next two days, the tubers will rot completely. |
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| Worried that heavy rain and flooding are likely to continue in the coming days, people are focusing on harvesting young cassava. |
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| And they gather the harvested cassava so that traders can come to buy and transport it. |
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| The premature harvesting of young cassava tubers affects starch quality and price. If the cassava meets quality standards, the factory typically buys it for 1,200-1,400 VND/kg. However, because selling young cassava reduces quality, after measuring the starch content, the factory only buys it for 1,100 VND/kg. |
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| Every day, traders come to buy between 12 and 18 tons of young cassava. |
Phuong Thuy
