Sunny weather, salt farmers in Nghe An have a good harvest

Quynh Luu salt farmers have a good salt harvest. Photo: Viet Hung

For nearly a month, the hot weather has created favorable conditions for salt farmers in An Hoa, Quynh Thuan, Quynh Tho, Quynh Minh communes... (Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) to produce salt. Local people said that at this time, the price of salt purchased by traders is 1,300 VND/kg (200 VND/kg lower than the beginning of the season), however, compared to last year, this price is still higher and stable.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Noi (65 years old) in Thang Loi village, An Hoa commune said: With the salt purchase price of 1,300 VND/kg, people have income. On average, a household has 20-30 salt plots, if the sun is strong, it can produce 2-3 quintals, earning from 250,000 - 400,000 VND/day. Her family has 24 salt plots, producing 2 quintals of salt each day, earning about 250,000 VND/day.

Thanks to working in the sun to produce salt, each household has an average income of 250,000 - 400,000 VND/day. Photo: Viet Hung

To make salt, salt workers have to go through many steps such as raking sand, sweeping water onto the beach, then scooping sand into a settling tank to filter the water to make salt. If the weather is sunny, scooping water into the tank early in the morning will give salt to harvest in the afternoon.

In recent years, with the support policy of the State, Quynh Luu salt farmers have applied tarpaulin salt production on an area of ​​15 hectares in An Hoa commune. 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.

Traders come to buy salt from people at the price of 1,300 VND/kg. Photo: Viet Hung

Quynh Luu is a large salt "granary" of Nghe An with an area of ​​600 hectares, producing about 50,000 tons per year. Since the beginning of the year, salt farmers have been actively producing, so the salt output has reached 35,000 tons, reaching 64% of the yearly plan, of which 16,000 tons were produced in June.

To consume products for people, in the district there are dozens of traders purchasing salt reserves, including 4 factories in the district purchasing thousands of tons to process salt for export to the US, Japan, Korea and Laos.

According to the plan, in 2018, Quynh Luu salt output will reach about 55,000 tons with revenue of over 60 billion VND./.