Along with products such as fish sauce, pearls, sim wine and famous tourism at home and abroad, Phu Quoc pepper is known as a typical specialty of this pearl island.
Phu Quoc pepper is being invested to develop, improve productivity and product quality not only to serve the domestic market and tourists but also to export, increasing economic value for the locality.
According to the Economic Department of Phu Quoc District (Kien Giang), the area of pepper on the island is more than 300 hectares, which will continue to increase to 400 hectares in 2012, with nearly 800 households growing, concentrated in Ham Ninh and Duong To communes. Cua Duong, Cua Can, Ganh Dau, Bai Thom, An Thoi and Duong Dong town; productivity of 3 – 3.5 tons / ha. Phu Quoc district implements a model of combining “4 houses” in improving productivity, output and quality of pepper products. Farmers apply research results to production in order to increase productivity, product quality, develop sustainably and maintain the traditional pepper product brand of the island district. Entrepreneurs support capital, underwriting and ensure output for Phu Quoc pepper products. Phu Quoc pepper garden not only helps farmers to be profitable but also a tourist attraction when visiting Phu Quoc.
Currently, Phu Quoc district has built a collective brand for “Phu Quoc Pepper”, ensuring the value of the product commensurate with its inherent quality. At the same time, there are policies, mechanisms to maintain and develop this collective brand, meeting the expectations and expectations of pepper growers in Phu Quoc for generations. The district researches and applies scientific and technical advances to improve product quality, reduce production costs, increase profit value for pepper growers such as: applying Netafim-Israel drip irrigation technology to plants. pepper; building a model of pepper production to achieve GlobalGAP certification.
Currently, there are 2 households growing pepper in Phu Quoc, namely Ly Ngoc Tho, Dang Van Khang, Cay Thong Trong hamlet and Bung Goi hamlet, Cua Duong commune to participate in pilot Phu Quoc pepper model applying Netafim drip irrigation technology. -Israel, with a scale of 1,200 pepper / household. These two households said that the method of drip irrigation for pepper not only minimizes the amount of water lost in the condition that fresh water source on Phu Quoc island is increasingly scarce, especially in the dry season, but also saves the amount of electricity pumped. irrigation, labor, help the soil always porous, pepper plants develop well evenly and especially significantly reduce production costs. According to the Economic Department of Phu Quoc district, investing in drip irrigation system with Netafim-Israel technology is about 70 million VND / ha of pepper, with a shelf life of 7 – 10 years. Irrigation by this method helps pepper plants to have a stable source of necessary water and other nutrients right from the beginning of flowering, seeding. Therefore, it helps to develop evenly and steadily the pepper, increase the yield and improve the quality of pepper products.
Mr. Dang Van Khang of Bung Goi hamlet (Cua Duong) said: The method of drip irrigation reduced about 60-70% of production costs. If irrigated in the traditional way, 1,200 peppercorns need about 100 m³ of water / day, while drip irrigation only needs 1/3 of this amount of water, but the yield and yield are higher than normal due to the full amount of water supplied. enough and equally. Successful pilot of Phu Quoc pepper model using Netafim-Israel drip irrigation technology is being replicated by farmers in Phu Quoc island district, advising them to invest in developing and applying it to improve productivity and quality. product and increase economic value for pepper.
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