Anh Son farmers rush to harvest tea after storm

(Baonghean.vn) - The prolonged rain after storms No. 2 and No. 4 has helped hundreds of hectares of industrial summer areas in Anh Son district develop well. People here are busy harvesting tea.

Anh Son people are busy harvesting tea after heavy rains. Photo: Huyen Trang

Mr. Nguyen Van Loi's family in village 13, Long Son commune had to hire people to focus on harvesting 1 hectare of tea season. Unlike other years at this time, when drought often greatly affects the productivity of tea plants, this time the continuous rain helps the tea plants grow well. Mr. Loi said: During the drought, on average it takes 60 days for a tea plant to be harvested, with heavy rain and high humidity like now, the tea plant only needs 45 days to be harvested. Not only that, the rain also helps the tea buds to be younger, resulting in higher productivity. Each hectare on average yields 5.5 - 6 tons/ha. With the tea price of 40,000 VND/yen, this tea crop Mr. Loi earned 20 million VND.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan - Vice Chairman of Long Son Commune People's Committee said: This commune currently has 250 hectares of tea grown by people in villages 1, 2, 7, 8 and most concentrated in village 11. The average yield per crop is 5 - 6 tons/ha, some well-maintained tea gardens have a yield of over 6 tons/ha, people are very excited. However, due to heavy rain, transporting tea is also more difficult because the roads are muddy.

Hung Son people pick tea by hand. Photo: Huyen Trang

In Hung Son commune, people here are also rushing to harvest the tea season. With an area of ​​550 hectares and 470 households participating in tea cultivation, Hung Son is the locality with the largest tea area in the district. Mr. Nguyen Huu Hoan - Vice Chairman of Hung Son Commune People's Committee said: For many years, tea trees have become the main crop to reduce poverty and enrich the people of Hung Son. This year, the weather is favorable with a lot of rain, so people harvest 6 batches of tea/year. The average yield is 30 tons/ha. Hung Son people earn over 100 million VND/year/ha. However, heavy rain is also a favorable condition for pests to develop, especially fungi, so the locality is directing people to monitor and prevent them in time.

Anh Son has 1,756 hectares of tea concentrated in the communes of Hung Son, Long Son, Dinh Son, Cam Son, Phuc Son with an output of 16,353 tons/year. Photo: Huyen Trang

Anh Son district currently has 1,756 hectares of tea concentrated in the communes of Hung Son, Long Son, Dinh Son, Cam Son, Phuc Son with an output of 16,353 tons/year. To solve the output for this key crop, in addition to a number of tea processing enterprises and factories located in the area, there are also dozens of mini tea processing facilities, especially a number of high-quality handmade tea processing facilities, processing tea using Japanese technology in Hung Son commune.

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