These days, Mr. Doan Van Bang (in Thuan Nghia village, Thuan Ha border commune, Dak Song district, Dak Nong province) like “sitting on a fire” because the pepper garden is dying but there is no cure. Over the years, his family has invested billions to care for pepper gardens of nearly 8 hectares. Last rainy season, the garden was green and fresh, but only at the beginning of the dry season, thousands of pepper posts became yellow and then died in a series. With no way to save it, Doan Van Bang's family broke down to turn to growing sweet potatoes and turnips.
“At first it was burnt leaf like when I sprayed on herbicide. After one, two days, gradually losing leaves, branches, and then died, “Bang said.
Pepper died in mass, many families were in deep debt
“Right now my family has 1,400 roots and all have died. I am collecting loose pepper to sell, but I still don't know where to pay, ”said Mr. Thu worried, Dak N'Drung commune is one of the key pepper growing areas of Dak Song district, Dak Nong province. , with thousands of hectares. For about a month now, farmers here are bewildered because they do not know what to do when the pepper garden fades quickly. Mr. Nguyen Van Thu's family (in Dak N’Drung commune, Dak Song district) has 1,400 pepper posts in the period of making sure the grain also died out.
A few years ago, pepper was priced, farmers in Dak Song rushed to expand the area. To have investment capital, most people have to borrow from banks. When the pepper began to harvest, the price fell dramatically. Now having unfavorable weather, pepper died in a series, causing farmers to pile up debt, even having to leave home.
According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Thien, Head of Dak Kual 5 Village, Dak N’Drung Commune, Dak Song District, the situation of dead pepper will continue, because the dry season has just begun; have never been able to pay off a debt
“Now people are the most indebted to the bank, 3.5 billion dong, or at least 100 million dong with no way to repay. Especially, there are 3 households who have left home. About two thirds of the pepper area is dead. Such sunshine in about a month is pouring out. Newly grown pepper will die, old pepper will die, ”Mr. Nguyen Huu Thien said.
Mr. Trinh Duc Anh, Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Dak N’Drung Commune, Dak Song District, said that pepper has never been so dead. Although functional departments and farmers have tried to cure but failed; many households are empty-handed, debts are piling up.
“There are households with 7,000 – 8,000 dead posts. According to the report, up to now, there are 63 hectares of dead pepper, with about 80,000 pillars, ”Mr. Trinh Duc Anh said.
 Pepper withered |
Dak Song is the “capital of pepper” of Dak Nong province, with more than 15,000 hectares, accounting for most of the pepper area of the whole province. According to statistics, up to now, about 1,800 hectares of pepper here have been infected with diseases, of which more than 200 hectares have completely died.
According to Le Hoang Vinh, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Song District, the situation of dead pepper has occurred about a month ago. The reason is partly due to the changing seasons, partly due to the low price of pepper in a long time, so farmers do not have enough money to invest in care and do not comply with the fertilizer treatment process.
“This year the rainfall is too great, affecting too much. The rainy time lasted nearly 4 consecutive months, thereby causing pepper to be inundated. Since waterlogging has spread the disease, it is the main cause. The second reason is that people leave cow dung and chicken manure unadjusted, making a strong impact on the roots, ”said Mr. Le Hoang Vinh.
Massive death of pepper, indebted farmers are taking place in key pepper growing areas in the Central Highlands such as Chu Se, Chu Pu (Gia Lai province), Dak Song (Dak Nong province) and many other places. Dak Lak province.
When pepper prices go up, farmers find ways to borrow money from banks, rushing to expand the area, not paying attention to the quality of seeds and despite the cultivation process. Until pepper prices fall, no longer able to invest in care, plus adverse weather, disease outbreaks, pepper mass deaths leading to debt, bankruptcy is inevitable./.
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