High quality clean vegetables are slow to sell, greenhouse owners are suffering from miserable losses.

Nghi Long(Nghi Loc) is one of the localities that strongly develops the construction movement.greenhouseto grow high quality clean vegetables. Currently, this locality has 12 greenhouses, with an area of ​​8,000m². Each greenhouse has an area of ​​about more than 500m².

The advantage of greenhouse production is that people can speed up the rest period of the soil, limit pests and diseases, and can increase the number of crops without worrying much about the weather. On average, in a greenhouse, people can grow 3 crops/year.

Greenhouse vegetables are not immune to the impact of falling prices, causing farmers to suffer heavy losses. Photo: Tien Dong

To invest in building a greenhouse, the initial cost that people have to pay is very high, each greenhouse costs from 250 million VND. Not to mention, every year, the greenhouse is damaged by storms, causing farmers to spend more money on repairs.

Despite the large expense, due to the simultaneous fall in prices of green vegetables, various types of vegetablesclean vegetablesgreenhouses are also not out of the scope of influence. This makes people cry.

Ms. Dang Thi Thao, residing in Kim Nghia hamlet, Nghi Long commune (Nghi Loc), said: Last winter, her family grew more than 5 sao of vegetables, of which 2 sao were grown in greenhouses, including varieties such as kohlrabi, cabbage, and spinach. Although she spent about 10 million VND on seeds and fertilizer for each greenhouse, when harvesting, the price of vegetables dropped miserably, the family only earned 3-4 million VND. Not enough to cover the cost of seeds and fertilizer, let alone the care for 3 months.

The beds of spinach that used to cost 20,000 VND/kg, now cost only 5,000 VND/big bunch but still cannot be sold. The spinach has grown too old and has sprouted, making Ms. Thao have to sadly pull it out. Photo: Tien Dong

Currently, Ms. Thao has a lot of vegetables in her greenhouse that cannot be sold. The beds of spinach that used to cost 20,000 VND/kg, now a big bunch costs 5,000 VND and no one buys them. Similarly, the cabbage variety is a high-value variety, which used to sell for over 10,000 VND/kg, now sells for 5,000 VND/head, and no one pays attention.

People are worried about whether the drop in vegetable prices will continue or not. If it continues, it will affect the next crop. Photo: Tien Dong

In addition to Nghi Long, in Nghi Truong and Nghi Trung communes, many greenhouses are also in a state of miserable losses. Nghi Truong commune this winter crop has 3 large greenhouses with an area of ​​over 4,000m²Growing cabbage, kohlrabi and mustard greens. Due to favorable weather, vegetables are growing everywhere, while consumption demand is affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, so the price of vegetables grown in the fields and on the ground has dropped to rock bottom, causing greenhouse vegetables to be affected as well.

Many beds of clean cabbage grown by local people have no buyers, so they have to be left to rot. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Dinh Quang Hoang, hamlet 9, Nghi Trung commune (Nghi Loc), has 2,000m²Greenhouses are also in trouble. Mr. Hoang's family has 10,000m²agricultural land, of which 2,000m2 is invested²building a greenhouse at a cost of more than 700 million VND. Last winter, the family grew cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes. Although the cost for the whole crop was very high, when harvested, cucumbers only reached 6,000 VND/kg, and tomatoes were 10,000 VND/kg, the total income was less than 70 million VND, while there were still many costs to worry about, from seeds, fertilizers and labor...