Van Don oranges in harvest season

Quang Ninh Van Yen is the largest orange growing area in Van Don district. When the weather starts to get cold, Van Yen orange gardens begin the harvest season.

Quang Ninh Van Yen is the largest orange growing area in Van Don district. When the weather starts to get cold, Van Yen orange gardens begin the harvest season.

Young tourists enjoy picking oranges at the Van Don Orange Festival 2024. Photo: Ngan Ha.

Van Don district has just successfully organized Van Don Orange Week 2024. This is the second time Van Don Orange Week has been organized, welcomed by many people, businesses, and cooperatives, and is an opportunity to promote, promote trade, and enhance the Van Don orange brand.

Van Yen Commune is more than 10km from the center of Van Don, and is the largest orange growing area in Van Don island district. These days, along the villages in the commune, you can see oranges everywhere, full of fruit, showing off their golden color all over the gardens and hillsides. Every house is bustling with people picking, traders buying and many tourists coming to visit and experience the orange gardens.

For many years, orange trees have become the main crop of Van Don district, bringing high economic efficiency, helping people gradually escape poverty and become rich.

Mr. Truong Van Khanh, Cai Bau village, Van Yen commune, shared his joy when his family's orange garden entered the season: "The entire garden has about 1,000 orange trees in harvest season with an area of ​​over 2 hectares. The climate and soil here are very suitable for orange trees to grow. On average, my family harvests about 10 tons of fruit a year with prices fluctuating at the beginning of the season at 35 - 40 thousand VND/kg, after deducting expenses, we still make a profit of more than 100 million VND".

From the economic efficiency that native orange trees bring, many households in Van Yen commune have gradually shifted their economic structure to growing oranges combined with developing an attractive experiential tourism model to attract visitors to the garden.

To preserve the native orange varieties, households in Van Yen commune have applied science and technology to graft and propagate, thereby contributing to preserving the typical orange varieties. Many households also intercrop other orange varieties such as Canh oranges and tangerines to overlap crops and increase income.

Van Don oranges have clear prices, bringing peace of mind and trust to locals and tourists. Photo: Cuong Vu.

According to the People's Committee of Van Yen Commune, the total area of ​​oranges in the commune is about 183 hectares with 100 households growing them. On average, Van Yen oranges produce about 200 tons each year. Because there is only one crop per year and they are harvested at the end of the year, Van Yen oranges are mainly consumed in the provincial market and some neighboring localities. On average, each household growing oranges has an income of 100 - 200 million VND/year.

Ms. Truong Thi Thuy Huyen, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Van Don district, said: From a specialty tree at risk of decline, Van Yen orange has now become a branded OCOP product with a stable growing area and is gradually expanding its scale. Currently, Van Don district has a policy to develop a project to develop indigenous crops, including expanding an additional 200 hectares of oranges in Van Yen commune, aiming to expand the consumption market to many other provinces and cities.

"Through Van Don Orange Week, we aim to preserve, promote, introduce and advertise the image and potential advantages of Van Yen commune, Van Don district in developing orange trees associated with promoting community tourism experiences, visiting orange gardens, attracting tourists, thereby increasing people's income. Orange Week is also an opportunity for people to honor orange growers, contributing to the formation of local OCOP products", Ms. Huyen shared.

Source: https://nongsanviet.nongnghiep.vn/cam-van-don-vao-mua-thu-hoach-d413961.html