Nghe An farmers sadly watch guava and orange trees fall en masse after floods
(Baonghean.vn) - In recent days, heavy rains and floods have caused dozens of hectares of fruit trees in Dinh Son commune, Anh Son district to be submerged in water for many days before harvest season. Now that the water has receded, they have fallen and rotted, causing hundreds of millions of dong in damage to farmers.
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| Ms. La Thi Bich Ha in village 19/5, Dinh Son commune, picks up fallen guava. Photo: Thai Hien |
Coming to the guava garden of Ms. La Thi Bich Ha's family in Hamlet 19/5, Dinh Son Commune, we could not help but feel sorry. More than 4 sao of guava that had been planted for 3 years by her family was in the harvest period and was almost completely lost, with guavas falling all over the garden. Ms. Ha said: In the past few days, the rain and floods have submerged 2/3 of the family's guava garden with nearly 200 trees. After 5 days of being submerged in water, the entire guava garden began to wilt, the fruit fell all over the garden and rotted. The previously fallen fruit was swept away by the flood water and piled up in the ditch, but the amount of guava collected in the garden in the past 2 days has reached 400 kg, with a loss of nearly 15 million VND.
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| Fallen guava piled up. Photo: Thai Hien |
After the flood, not only did guava trees fall, but many orange areas that were in the preparation period for harvest also fell en masse, causing farmers to worry. Walking along the orange gardens that will be harvested in early September in village 19/5, village 323, Dinh Son commune, fallen oranges were lying everywhere.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue's family in village 19/5 planted 500 Van Du orange trees on an area of nearly 1 hectare. According to Ms. Hue, orange trees take about 4 years to bear fruit. In addition to initial costs such as land preparation and seedlings, her family has to invest about 50 million VND/year for care.
However, just in the past 3 days of flooding, oranges fell all over the place, had to be picked up and dumped, nearly 200 kg, and now they continue to fall a lot.
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| After the flood, not only did guava trees fall, but many orange areas that were in the process of being prepared for harvest also fell en masse. Photo: Thai Hien |
Dinh Son Commune is the locality with the largest fruit tree growing area in Anh Son District. Currently, the whole commune has 70 hectares of fruit trees, mainly oranges, tangerines, and guavas. Mr. Dinh Viet Hanh - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Dinh Son Commune said: During the recent flood, 32 hectares of fruit trees were flooded in the commune, these trees are about to be harvested so the damage is very severe. Currently, along with on-site inspection, the commune has compiled reports to superiors to have support plans to reduce damage for farmers.