3 years ago, after an affair, a mud-footed farmer suddenly became a billionaire, “a rich man”; Now, just after 1-2 cases, the “giants of pepper”, the once-famous pepper billionaire, suddenly empty-handed, become a debtor.
Disease outbreaks, rising costs, low prices … many pepper gardens left unattended.
Welcoming us in a quiet house without men, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai (Hoa Binh village, Nhon Hoa town, Chu Pu district, Gia Lai) sadly said: “My husband and son come to Ho Chi Minh City to work as hired laborers. have money to pay bank debt because how much money my family threw all into pepper, dead hours, debt piled up I do not know why “.
Pointing to the pepper garden which was grayed out, Ms. Hai teared up: Not only my family, many pepper growing households in Chu Pù, Chu Se all share the scene of the pepper suddenly wilting and simultaneously “rolling to death.” ”In addition, pepper prices are constantly falling.
“The income of the whole family looks at pepper, but in these two years this revenue has been lost, the principal is still there, each month my family has to pay 8 million dong on bank loans,” she said, as if she wanted to cry.
Receiving us, Mr. Nguyen Tam (former teacher, former “giant” of pepper in Dak Doa – Gia Lai) thoughtfully said he was one of the families in bank debt due to investing in pepper. The current.
“Before each hectare of pepper yielded VND 100 million, we used that income to invest in expanding the area. Suddenly, the pepper price dropped, 750 million dong was not paid to the bank, not to mention adding 8 million dong loan interest each month. In Ya Bla commune, people leave pepper land to work in industrial parks “- Mr. Tam said sadly.
Mr. Tam, a “giant pepper” once in a debt situation. Photo: Labor newspaper
Also according to Mr. Tam, at present, not only bank loans, households who buy “bear” agricultural materials such as fertilizers and pesticides are also in the situation of being unable to pay debts. In Ham Rong village, Ia Bang commune, Dak Doa district (Gia Lai), there are many fertilizer dealers that are stagnant with capital from pepper growers.
Mistake because he did not listen to the advice of officials
Talking to PV, Mr. Hoang Phuoc Binh – General Secretary of Chu Se Pepper Association shared: “A few years ago, pepper price was high so households rushed to plant, resulting in oversupply. Data from the Department of Information Planting has about 100,000 households planting pepper, but in my opinion this figure could be 200,000 households with about 149,000ha. Pepper prices have dropped sharply in the last 3 years, currently only about 40,000 VND / kg, not enough to pay rent to pick so many growers abandon trees and do not care ”.
According to Mr. Vu Ngoc An – Deputy Director of Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 3 years ago when pepper prices started to decline, due to the massive increase in pepper area, the provincial agricultural sector sent officials came to investigate and advised, but growers still did not listen. Now, on the one hand, the price of pepper is low due to the surplus in the world, on the one hand, the pepper trees die due to disease outbreaks, so many farmers almost lost their income.
“Many families suffer from dead pepper. 3 years ago, he spent a lot of money and watched them earn me billions, I wanted to expand the area. But my poor family has no collateral, so we cannot borrow bank capital to invest. Now a series of pepper growers have lost their debts; I have no capital, no investment will escape “, Mr. Siu Toi – Dak Doa – Gia Lai said.
Source Lao Dong Newspaper
