This year, despite prolonged drought, pepper growers in Phu Yen province are very excited because pepper brings them high income. This is the second consecutive year the grower has sold a price.
Farmers in Son Thanh Tay commune, Tay Hoa district, harvest pepper.
The pepper garden of Mr. Phan Quoc Nong's family, in Tay Son village, Son Thanh Tay commune, Tay Hoa district, with an area of 2.5 hectares, is harvested with a yield of nearly 4 tons / ha. In order to have a good green pepper garden, Mr. Nong has to take care and take care of investment. Particularly watering in this dry season, he had to water 10 hours a day.
“This year productivity is a bit low, but thanks to the price, it is about 10% higher than last year. Calculated the income per pole (1,000 m2) from 50 to 70 million, “Mr. Nong said.
The nearby 1.1-hectare pepper garden of Mr. Le Xuan Phuong is also being harvested. Mr. Phuong said that this crop is estimated to harvest 3.5 tons and that the current selling price is also 800 million dong.
Son Thanh Tay is the largest pepper growing province in Phu Yen with nearly 450 hectares, accounting for 56% of the province's pepper area. People harvest pepper almost a month ago and most of the harvest. More exciting is that farmers harvest pepper, traders collect it all there. The current price of dried pepper is from VND 220,000 to VND 230,000 / kg, an average of 1 ha after deducting all costs that may be of VND 400 million or more.
Mr. Dang Si Nguyen, Chairman of Son Thanh Tay Farmers Association said: “The whole commune has more than 1,000 households growing pepper, this crop has an average yield of 3.2 tons / ha. This is the second consecutive year the crop has been harvested and the prices have been high, so growers are excited.
Phu Yen province currently has nearly 800 hectares for pepper cultivation and is expected to reach 2,280 tons this year, an increase of 355 tons compared to 2014. According to the plan of crop restructuring to 2020, Phu Yen province brings the pepper area. 1,000 ha, mainly concentrated in Son Thanh Tay and Son Thanh Dong communes (Tay Hoa district) with an area of 750 ha.
Phu Yen Department of Agriculture and Rural Development also organized a workshop on orientation for pepper development with the participation of professional agencies and good pepper farmers. However, due to the spontaneous cultivation of pepper now, in order to help farmers grow pepper effectively, the authorities perform well the central task of training and guiding farmers to plant pepper according to the production process. Good agriculture (GAP), using organic fertilizer, not abusing chemical fertilizers and pesticides to control diseases and pests that are weaknesses in farmers' farming today …
Mr. Nguyen Duc Thang, Deputy Head of Agriculture Department (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Phu Yen Province) said: “Pepper is a perennial crop so in the future, Phu Yen agriculture will focus on managing right from the seeding stage, Particularly, establishments must have the conditions for breed production and trading to operate. After that, building advanced models such as VietGap production, applying fertilizer and watering methods to reduce costs; minimizing the cultivating soil will hurt the roots causing quick and slow death.
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