The price of pepper in the “capital” of Binh Phuoc from the beginning of the season sold 40,000 VND / kg, has now increased to 50,000 VND / kg in the last days of May 2020. Although prices have shown signs of prosperity, many houses Pepper farming farmers are still “flooding” in difficulty.
Many areas of pepper gardens have been removed to grow other trees. Photo: K send H / TTXVN
Farmer Truong Van Nghiep, in Tan Phuoc Village, Tan Tien Commune, Bu Dop District, is planting more than 2,000 pepper posts.
According to Mr. Nghiep at the beginning of the season, the price of traders buying at the garden was 40,000 VND / kg, his garden gained nearly 1 ton (nearly 2 tons lower than the crop in 2019 due to crop failure) and sold out without storing any kg. Listening to the quotes increased by 10,000 VND / kg compared to the beginning of the season but not much fun.
Nghiep added that due to the low prices in recent years, many pepper growers, who live in debt due to missed planting, have to invest, while the price of fertilizers and labor costs are increasing.
Nghiep's pepper garden has been planted for 7-8 years now, but calculating less and less. In the year of 2019, the pepper garden will harvest over 3 tons. However, in the crop year 2020, the yield is approximately 1 ton due to crop failure, plus the garden price of 40,000 VND / kg, so Mr. Nghiep's family's income is not enough to cover expenses.
Farmer Hoang Thi Hoan also planted 2,000 posts of pepper, but due to the low price, great care and neglect, the garden of pepper pepper has died and now has 1,000 posts.
According to farmers, if pepper increased to at least 100,000 VND / kg to live in this profession, as now, people in the “capital” of Binh Phuoc can not get rich with this tree.
Ms. Hoan said that because the pepper has expired, the family is shifting to goats raising and retirement models to deal with hunger and wait for next year 's crop and wait for the price to rise again.
According to the statistics of Binh Phuoc Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the total pepper area of the province is about 15,000 ha; the most concentrated are “capital” Loc Ninh and Bu Dop district. However, due to continuous devaluation and crop failure, pepper gardens have not been properly cared for, resulting in a large area of pepper death.
Particularly in 2019, Binh Phuoc province recorded more than 300 hectares of infected pepper died slowly; in which peak in Bu Dop district, there are many households who are “wiped out” because pepper gardens have been neglected by local people because the trees of “black gold” are out of date and prices fall …
