Right from the beginning of the year, at the time of harvest, the price of pepper on the market soared making pepper growers very happy. However, the higher the price of pepper, the more peasants regret …
Dong Nai is the third largest pepper area in the country. Currently, the province's drainage area is nearly 7,600 hectares, of which most are in the harvesting stage. This year at the time of harvest, traders come to the garden to buy black pepper at the price of 130-135 thousand VND / kg. But this crop, the yield decreases 40-60% compared to the previous crop, so the quantity sold is not much. In addition, many households hope that the price of pepper will increase, so they “wait” for the new sale.
Productivity reduced
While prices of some types of agricultural products such as rice, noodles and cashews continued to decline, pepper prices increased significantly at the time of harvest. Besides the price increase, the output of pepper is relatively favorable. In order to actively buy, many traders go to the large pepper gardens to deposit in advance, waiting for the harvest to dry. However, many gardeners are still “at the top” because the price of pepper will increase. In this crop, black pepper price is 35-40 thousand dong / kg higher than previous crop but farmers' profit is much lower. The reason is that over the time, the weather is abnormal, heavy rains cause pepper diseases, input costs also increase but productivity decreases from 40-60% so even though high prices are not enough to offset the decrease in output. .
Mr. Lap's pepper garden in Thanh Binh commune (Trang Bom) this season only has about 4 tons / ha.
Mr. Dang Ba Hong of Cay Dieu hamlet, Bau Ham commune (Trang Bom) said: “I have nearly 9 hectares of pepper, the previous harvest was about 2 tons / ha but this crop only got 0.6 tons / ha. The price of pepper I sold was over VND 130,000 / kg, profit of over VND 30 million / hectare but only equal to 1/3 of the previous crop. ” Similarly, Mr. Hoang Van Lap of Truong An hamlet, Thanh Binh commune (Trang Bom) said that his family has more than 1 hectare of Vinh Linh pepper, the previous crop was 7 tons / ha, but this crop decreased to about 4 tons / hectares should reduce profits by 100 million compared to 2011.
Wait for the price to increase
Recently, in many purely agricultural areas in the province, many households looked at their pepper gardens in a daze. Especially in Xuan Tho commune (Xuan Loc district), the famous region with the highest yield in the province, all regret this high price, because this year pepper productivity here has halved.
Although the price of pepper in the harvest period is much higher than the previous crop, farmers only sell it in moderation to pay workers and input costs. The remaining pepper is stored by households to wait for a further increase in price to sell. Because according to them, this year, pepper production has decreased significantly, pepper production is less certain that prices will continue to reach new records in the future. Mr. Le Dinh Thuong of Xuan Tho commune (Xuan Loc) commented: “I regularly update information on the mass media, so I understand that this year, the output of Vietnamese pepper and the world have dropped sharply due to the disease. , natural disasters will cause a large shortage. Thus, next time pepper prices will certainly increase, so not only my family, but many other cases keep pepper waiting for the opportunity, although the risk is quite high when they decide to hoard goods, wait for prices … ”.
From the beginning of the year until now, the pepper market in the province as well as the whole country has been quite quiet, even when pepper prices were at the peak. Not only farmers but also agricultural export companies purchased pepper by more than half compared to the same period in 2011.
* The recent survey of the Vietnam Pepper Association in the focus areas of Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, the pepper output of the 2011-2012 crop decreased by 30-40%. The reason is because of adverse weather. Therefore, the agriculture industry is forecasting that our country's pepper export capacity in 2012 will decrease by nearly 30% in volume compared to 2011.
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