According to the Department of Agriculture, this year's durian crop yield in some localities in Dak Nong province decreased significantly compared to the previous crop, due to heavy rain and wind during the flowering and fruit setting stages, causing flowers to fall off and the fruit set rate to be low.
In Dak R'lap district, this year, the weather is not favorable for durian. However, with experience and applying many technical measures in care, many farmers in Dak R'lap still have high income from durian.
The family of Mr. Chi Vinh Cam, in Hamlet 1, Dak Ru Commune (Dak R'lap) has 90 Ri6 durian trees, which are in their 11th year of harvest. Mr. Cam said that he intercropped durian in his coffee plantation. This year, the durian garden yielded 7 tons of fruit, with the garden price of 45,000 VND/kg.
Traders come to Mr. Cam's garden to buy, cut and transport durian to the warehouse themselves.
A durian gathering point before being transported to the trader's warehouse next to a traffic road in Dak R'lap.
The family of Mr. Tran Van An, in Hamlet 1, Quang Tin Commune (Dak R'lap) is mobilizing relatives to join in harvesting durian. Mr. An's family's job is to cut and collect durian. Mr. An's family has 30 hectares of Ri6, Mongthong durian with 1,500 trees.
Mr. An's family's durian garden has yielded about 150 tons of fruit per crop in its third year. He sells durian at an average price of about 50,000 VND/kg to traders in the garden.
For each durian tree, Mr. An invests about 1 million VND/crop. The main investment costs are fertilizer, watering, pesticides, harvesting labor...
Dak R'lap district currently has more than 2,260 hectares of pure and intercropped durian, with an output of about 15,657 tons/year. Many durian areas are cared for organically, meeting domestic and export standards.
According to climate zoning, Dak R'lap is the first district in Dak Nong province to harvest durian this year. Next are Gia Nghia, Dak Song, Dak Mil...
After harvest, durians are given traceability stamps by local people. After that, durians are sold in domestic and export markets. Currently, Dak Nong's main durian export market is China.
Nghiep Xuan Import Export Trading Company Limited (Gia Nghia) is a long-standing enterprise specializing in purchasing and exporting durian in Dak Nong. The company has been granted a durian packaging facility code for export to China.
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