In recent days, durian prices have continuously increased, many gardeners in Long An have no durian to sell to traders. The reason durian prices increased is due to supply shortage.
Information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Long An province, durian is one of the crops that brings high economic value. Currently, in the province, durian area is increasing quite rapidly with more than 500 hectares, concentrated in districts: Tan Thanh, Thanh Hoa, Moc Hoa, Vinh Hung,…
Right from the beginning of 2024, off-season durian gardeners in the province were excited when the selling price at the garden was high. With the current price of durian, according to calculations by gardeners, even though they have to invest heavily to handle off-season fruit, the profit is up to 1 billion VND/ha.
Currently, Monthong durian type 1 is priced from 190,000-202,000 VND/kg, type 2 is about 175,000 VND/kg. Ri6 durian type 1 costs 120,000-126,000 VND/kg, type 2 costs 100,000 VND/kg.
Mr. Nguyen Van Chinh (Tan Lap commune, Tan Thanh district) said: “Currently, Ri6 durian is purchased by traders at the garden at a price of about 100,000-120,000 VND/kg. Durian prices increase because it is in the off-season, so supply is reduced. Currently, my garden doesn’t have much left because it was harvested twice before Tet.”
Currently, the province’s Agriculture sector actively propagates and mobilizes organizations and individuals to properly implement safety steps in durian production and packaging; At the same time, strengthen training and communication on regulations on growing area codes and packaging facility codes, focusing on guiding organizations and individuals to properly apply farming procedures and record records. records and logbooks during the production process to serve traceability according to the requirements of the importing country.
Along with that, the province’s Agriculture sector also promoted propaganda work and mobilized people to cooperate and associate with businesses in organizing production, forming concentrated, large-scale durian growing areas, preserving the quality of durian. Ensuring standards for granting planting area codes and packaging facility codes for export.
According to Minh Tue (Dan Viet Newspaper)
