Farmers in the largest vegetable "barn" of Quan Ba district grow dozens of hectares of purple fruit trees, which are purchased by large supermarkets.

After being organized by agricultural supply companies in Hanoi to visit agricultural growing areas in the Northern and Central regions, in October 2023, Mr. Ngu Duc Thang's family in Tan Tien village (Quyet Tien commune, Quan Ba district, Ha Giang) decided to convert nearly 5,000m2 of rice area to grow more than 5,000 round-fruited eggplant plants.

Nông dân — Mr. Ngu Duc Thang is taking care of the eggplant plant.

After 2 months of planting, Mr. Thang's round eggplant area has been harvested. The harvest time is 6 consecutive months, each month harvesting fruit for 15 days. Currently, on average, Mr. Thang harvests nearly 500 kg of round eggplant each day.

Up to now, for round eggplant alone, Quyet Tien commune has mobilized people to convert 4 hectares of land from rice cultivation to this crop. Accordingly, a group has been formed in the commune with about 20 households growing round eggplant and purchasing agricultural products from supermarkets and wholesale markets in Hanoi.

Through planting, caring, harvesting, evaluating local productivity and sharing the reality of the people, it shows that round eggplant is suitable for the soil of Quyet Tien commune; fruit size from 5-6 fruits will reach 1 kg; stable selling price on average from 5,000 - 7,000 VND/kg; economic efficiency is 4-5 times higher than growing rice.

Through discussions with the Party Committee and authorities, it is known that the entire Quyet Tien commune has converted over 200 hectares of ineffective crop growing area to growing high-yield vegetables and crops associated with product consumption linkages; including the area of round-fruited eggplant. Through productivity assessment, round-fruited eggplant yields 90 tons/ha.

Although it is a new crop introduced for cultivation and linked in product consumption, the effectiveness of round-fruit eggplant in Quyet Tien commune has opened up positive signals about productivity and income for the people.

Round eggplant will continue to join other agricultural products such as cucumbers and tomatoes in linking product consumption, continuing to affirm the right direction and vision in agricultural production of Quan Ba district in general and Quyet Tien commune in particular.

Source: https://danviet.vn/nong-dan-vua-rau-lon-nhat-huyen-quan-ba-trong-hang-chuc-hecta-thu-cay-cho-qua-tim-duoc-sieu-thi-lon-bao-tieu-20240720140538378.htm