Growing morning glory in Nam Xuan
In 2011, Nghe An Province Agricultural Extension Center cooperated with Nam Dan Agricultural Extension Station to build a model of "Safe vegetable intensive cultivation following Viet GaP" on passion flower in Nam Xuan commune with the aim of supporting and encouraging farmers to produce clean, safe and sustainable vegetables, bringing high economic efficiency to farmers.
The flower of the sky is one of the vegetables that is popular in the market with a fairly high price, from 20,000 - 22,000 VND/kg. Currently, the whole Nam Xuan commune (Nam Dan) has planted about 10 hectares of sky flowers. Implementing the model, farmers are supported by the State with 100% of seeds, 30% of fertilizers and pesticides. In addition, households participating in the model are also fully trained by technical staff on technical processes and closely follow the instructions and support during the implementation of the model. Up to now, the model has really brought high economic efficiency. This year's sky flowers have a good harvest and good price. The average yield is expected to reach 16.8 - 20.0 tons/ha. With the selling price at the field of 20 - 22 thousand VND/kg, the income is 336 - 369.6 million VND/ha. The cost to produce 1 hectare of passion flower (seeds, seeds, fertilizers, lime, pesticides...) is about 66 million VND/ha. Thus, the net profit is 270 - 303.6 million VND/ha.
This is a model that really brings high economic efficiency to producers. Although the time from planting to harvesting the last crop takes 10 months, in the first 4 months, farmers can take advantage of the land to intercrop corn or peanuts to both increase income and reduce pests and diseases. Therefore, the commune encourages farmers to continue to change the crop structure and expand the intensive cultivation area of this vegetable to increase efficiency per unit area of cultivated land.
Thu Hoai
