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  • Highlands: cashew farming - sustainable direction yet?

    Mar 24th, 2016

    <p></p><p>In 2016, the unexpected price increase, reaching a record level of about 30-32 thousand VND / kg. This is a good sign for farmers but to find a stable path for cashew is a difficult problem posed to farmers and authorities. <br></p> <p>For years, always in a state cashew crop failure, depreciation, prompting farmers to turn away from the Central Highlands provinces. As low prices, forest area in more and more. Management agencies, industry associations but have said "helplessly". In 2016, the unexpected price increase, reaching a record level of about 30-32 thousand VND / kg. This is a good sign for farmers but a sustainable path for the trees, it still needs the attention, study of farmers as well as the authorities. <br></p> <p>At first harvest, traders in the province of Dak Lak to make cashew purchasing prices 30-32 thousand VND / kg makes farmers quite excited. Nguyen Thi Hoa Le village 10 Ea, Ea Sup district (Dak Lak) said: In 2006, the family planted 1.2 hectares of which, three years later, the tree began to bear fruit very drunk, yield about 1.5 tons for stable income. In the ensuing years, it started an infected tree, gouged insects, trees dying, prices fluctuate, the family decided to move closer to growing garden crops. This year the price of towering suddenly makes her both joy and regret. A few things cost so low this year, from 15-18 thousand VND / kg, the highest stage of 20 thousand VND / kg (compared with the price this year rose from 15-17 thousand VND / kg, almost double). "It is a new year harvested once that cheap deals, decreased productivity should no longer interested in my home care, how much sun to enjoy much. Now high prices, traders frequented nuop nuop see cravings too ". <br></p> <p>As well as continuous price discount that for years, the family 'H' Bya Trum Buon Ky, Thong Nhat Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City in Dak Lak lower coffee intercropped little thing. She said: The home has 2 hectares of land under cultivation is 10 years. Cashew easy to grow, do not spend a lot of money invested, at the care, to harvest just grass, raking leaves is clean. But trees are very dependent on the weather, cold rain at flowering flowers fall, as one bad year. Growing things "five years of losing to eat" so she brought less, retain 150 trees, intercropped coffee left the room when it was a coffee crop. Cashew enjoy water, fertilizer "next" coffee from its opposite shade coffee help develop well. Cashew nuts this year, but is unlikely to be priced season. Every year this time was on offer, but now many new plants flowering, fruit set rate is very low due to the dry season. <br></p> <p>Previously, many farmers fall into the Highlands each planting cycle - everything tight crops, including cashew. It is considered the tree hunger eradication and poverty reduction in rural areas and remote areas, the trees green wasteland, barren hills. Due to lack of selective plant breeding, care little investment leads to low productivity, plus it is very inexpensive price, farmers turned to growing of breaking down rubber, pepper, coffee, ... Currently, continuous rubber fell, cashew start "throne", without proper orientation, lest chorus "planting - tightly, tightly - grown" will continue. <br></p> <p>Mr. Nguyen Huy Phat, Director Horticulture Departments Plant Protection and Dak Lak province said the province's policy is not to expand the area, focusing investment in care increased productivity that planted acreage. By cashew is "hydrophobic" with hot weather, cold rain erratic insects susceptible mosquito, the disease attacks leaves most respondents are fruiting flowering period. <br></p> <p>2015 19 836 hectares of the province has fallen by more than 2 thousand hectares compared to 2014 (21,950 hectares). The district covers an area of great things are: Ea Hleo (5.1 thousand hectares), Ea Kar (4.3 thousand hectares), Residential Mgar (2.7 thousand hectares), Ea Sup (2 thousand hectares). Earlier, in 2013 the project development planning long-term industrial crops and fruit trees mainly in the province of Dak Lak to 2020 identified: coffee, cashew, pepper, cocoa, rubber trees key industries. Cashew acreage stable development of 25 thousand hectares.<br></p><p></p>


    Source: VTOTO
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