Currently in Tien Giang, Ri6 durian is purchased by traders at 135,000 VND to 140,000 VND per kg, an increase of about 30% compared to last month. With an average durian yield of 20 to 25 tons per hectare, each hectare of durian harvested at the right time now, after deducting costs, farmers earn a profit of no less than several billion VND.
Currently, farmers in durian growing areas in Tien Giang province are starting to harvest the off-season durian crop, which is expected to last until the upcoming Lunar New Year. Durian prices are also increasing sharply at this time.
Currently, Ri6 durian is purchased by traders at a price of 135,000 VND to 140,000 VND/kg, an increase of about 30% compared to last month.
With an average yield of 20 to 25 tons/ha, each hectare harvested at the right time now, after deducting costs, farmers earn a profit of no less than several billion VND.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu planted 2,000 m2 of durian in Cam Son commune, Cai Lay district (Tien Giang province) and said that although durian is valuable, this year's off-season weather and hydrological situation is complicated, the dry season is severely droughty and the rainy season has prolonged storms, so many farmers have lost their crops because the trees do not flower, if they do flower, it is very difficult to set fruit, and the yield is greatly reduced.
Accordingly, usually, around April or May every year, farmers start to process durian trees to flower and the durian garden will be harvested from November onwards. At this time, durian has a high price, farmers earn high profits.
In addition, due to the impact of drought in the last dry season, durian gardens were exhausted, so many households cut the crop without treating it but instead took care of it to recover it in preparation for the next crop in 2025.
Low and limited supply while domestic and export demand is large is also one of the reasons for the sharp increase in durian prices during the off-season in Tien Giang province.
Harvesting off-season durian in Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province. The price of Ri6 durian in Tien Giang is increasing sharply from 135,000 VND to 145,000 VND/kg, helping durian growers earn billions of VND/ha. That is why many people compare growing durian to growing "billion-dollar trees".
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tien Giang province, durian is one of the specialty fruits with high economic value, an important source of agricultural export products of the locality.
The whole province has over 22,000 hectares of durian, concentrated in the districts and towns in the flood control zone in the West: Cai Lay district, Cai Be district, Cai Lay town, Chau Thanh district... with an annual output of about 440,000 tons of fruit.
To further promote the strengths of specialty crops, the locality focuses on transferring intensive farming techniques and encouraging farmers to synchronously apply scientific measures to achieve high productivity and output.
In particular, the durian flowering process is spread out to harvest fruit in the off-season of the year, avoiding the peak harvest in the main season to reduce the risk of a bumper crop, market congestion, and price loss.
At the same time, in an effort to take advantage of the opportunity for durian to be officially exported to China and other markets, Tien Giang province is interested in building growing area codes and packaging facility codes to serve the official export of durian to the Chinese market as well as other countries.
According to Mr. Tran Hoang Nhat Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tien Giang province, the whole province currently has 409 fruit growing areas for export with a total area of over 25,000 hectares, including 155 durian growing area codes with a total area of nearly 7,000 hectares, creating an agricultural raw material area that is officially granted for export to China.
Thanks to favorable durian export and stable output, localities in the flood control area of Tien Giang province, which have built large concentrated durian growing areas, are increasingly prosperous and have successfully built new rural areas.
Typically, Cai Lay district, Cai Lay town, and Cai Be district located in the western flood control area have been recognized as having completed the goal of building new rural areas.
In particular, Long Khanh commune (Cai Lay town), Cam Son commune (Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province) in January 2024 also announced the successful launch of model new rural communes.
These are localities that, thanks to the transformation towards "living with floods", have built specialized durian growing areas with large commodity output, making important contributions to promoting socio-economic development and innovation in agriculture - farmers - rural areas in the locality.
Source: https://danviet.vn/sau-rieng-loai-qua-ngon-tu-cay-tien-ty-la-cay-sau-rieng-o-tien-giang-cu-1ha-nong-dan-lai-vai-ty-20241121235054701.htm
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