'Salt barn' in Nghe An increases productivity
(Baonghean.vn) - Salt farmers in Quynh Luu salt field (Nghe An) have applied tarpaulin spreading technology in salt production, so the output is increasingly improved. In April 2018 alone, the whole district produced more than 4,000 tons of salt, bringing in billions of VND in revenue.
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| The hot weather in summer is also the season for salt production in Quynh Luu. Photo: Farmers put dried sand into the filter tank during the salt production process. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| People are taking advantage of the opportunity to stick to the production schedule. Compared to last year, the price of salt at the beginning of the season this year is higher and is purchased by traders at 1,500 VND/kg (500 - 600 VND/kg higher than the beginning of last year). Photo: Thuy Nga |
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Salt is produced from April to September. To produce salt, people have to go through many stages. First, a small area is set aside to spread sand to filter seawater; when the water has settled and flows into the pit, people scoop it into the ponds... The treated seawater will be dried in the sun for a day, and around late afternoon, people collect it. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| To improve efficiency, productivity and quality of salt grains, in recent years, salt farmers in An Hoa commune have applied HDPE tarpaulin salt production. With this production method, productivity will increase by 10% per unit area, and increase by 2-3 prices compared to salt made in the traditional way. Currently, the whole commune has about 15 hectares of area applying tarpaulin salt production. Photo: Thuy Nga |
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| Quynh Thuan is the locality with the largest salt production area in Quynh Luu district with 110 hectares. From April 2018 to now, people in the commune have produced more than 2,000 tons of salt. At the same time, salt farmers in communes such as An Hoa, Quynh Tho, Quynh Nghia, Quynh Yen, Quynh Minh (Quynh Luu) are also actively going to the fields to produce salt. Photo: Viet Hung |
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| In particular, since applying science and technology in production, the salt produced is white, beautiful and of high quality, and the salt price is higher. With more than 600 hectares of salt production area, in 2017, the salt output of the whole Quynh Luu district reached nearly 50,000 tons. In 2018, Quynh Luu district is expected to produce over 55,000 tons of salt. Currently, there are 4 factories processing refined salt and iodized salt. Each year, the units purchase and consume about 30,000 - 40,000 tons of raw salt. In the photo: Workers process raw salt products into iodized salt for export to other countries. Photo: Viet Hung |