Cassava in Nghe An has a good harvest and good price.
These days, taking advantage of favorable weather, farmers in Thanh Chuong district are actively harvesting cassava. This year, cassava has a good harvest and good prices, and farmers are very excited.
Present in Thanh Ngoc commune, Thanh Chuong district, we saw people busily harvesting cassava. Mrs. Le Thi Ngu in Yen Xuan hamlet, Thanh Ngoc commune was loading cassava onto a truck and excitedly said: This year cassava has a good harvest and good prices. My family is harvesting over 10 sao of cassava. This year the yield is high, averaging over 2 tons/sao. In previous years, it was sold for 2,100 VND/kg, now it has increased to 2,300 VND/kg, earning 4.6 million VND/sao.
Ms. Ngu added: With barren land conditions, frequent drought, growing other crops is not effective, but cassava is suitable for this type of sloping land, with a harvest time of 8 to 10 months. Thanks to the introduction of new varieties and proper care, the yield is quite high, the family has more money to cover their living expenses.
To facilitate the harvest, on this occasion, cassava growers in Thanh Thuy, Thanh Ngoc, Hanh Lam communes... set up labor exchange groups, each group of 5-10 people, taking turns helping each other harvest cassava for households in the group. Ms. Tran Thi Minh in Hanh Lam commune said: If you pull cassava all day, the family that has cassava only has to worry about lunch, thanks to this form of labor, cassava harvesting is quite effective.
Thanh Chuong is a district that grows a lot of cassava in the province, each crop supplies Thanh Chuong Cassava Starch Factory with 50,000 - 60,000 tons of cassava tubers. This year, cassava has a good harvest, reaching an average yield of 35-40 tons/ha. The reason for the good cassava harvest is that this year the weather is favorable, the district cooperates with Thanh Chuong Cassava Starch Factory to advise and guide people on how to care for and prevent pests and diseases of crops.
In particular, the Cassava Starch Factory has mechanisms and policies to support farmers in borrowing fertilizers and supporting new cassava varieties such as HN1 and HN5. In recent years, many people in the district have converted some areas of ineffective forestry land to cassava cultivation, bringing high economic efficiency.
The good harvest and good price of cassava this year have partly helped farmers in Thanh Chuong district reduce difficulties caused by natural disasters and epidemics. This is one of the important economic development directions to help people escape poverty, gradually stabilize their lives and invest in raw material areas for production in the following seasons.
Mr. Tran Quoc Hoan - Director of Thanh Chuong Cassava Starch Factory added: Currently, the factory is focusing on human resources and materials to process cassava with the highest output, promptly purchasing all cassava for local people to avoid congestion and damage to cassava.
