(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, Quynh Luu people are harvesting vetiver plants, selling tons of dried roots every day as raw materials for making incense to serve the Tet market.
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| Starting from November of the solar calendar, people in the communes of Quynh Chau, Quynh Thang, Quynh Tan... (Quynh Luu) enter the season of harvesting vetiver roots. Because they are planted alternately, the harvest period lasts for 3 months. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| With 10 sao of land growing vetiver, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong's family in Quynh Thang commune is focusing on manpower to go to the hill to harvest. This season, despite the heavy rain, the yield is still high. After drying the roots to sell to traders, her family earned an estimated profit of 70 million VND. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| This year, the average yield of vetiver is 4 tons - 4.5 tons/ha (equivalent to last year); with the current purchase price of 30,000 VND/kg, it will bring people an income of 120 - 130 million VND/ha. After harvesting, people use machines to strip the leaves, press the roots, and dry the vetiver; if the weather is sunny, they dry it for about 3 - 4 days and then package it. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| This year, Quynh Thang commune planted more than 260 hectares of vetiver, achieving a yield of over 1,000 tons of dried roots; estimated revenue of about 30 billion VND. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Vetiver roots are the raw material used to produce incense for the traditional Tet holiday. Therefore, during this time, dozens of traders in Quynh Thang commune buy raw materials, then transport them to the northern provinces to process into incense powder. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| Mr. Le Van Nga - Chairman of Quynh Thang Commune People's Committee said that during the incense harvest season, local people supply the market with 5 - 7 tons of raw materials every day. Due to good soil quality, the incense roots grow quickly and are considered to be of higher quality than in some other regions. Photo: Viet Hung |
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