<p>Harvest time in the New Year despite the calm atmosphere than 2 months that looks bleak, especially the old orchard in residential areas worsening, almost lost. In any garden conditions, we easily notice the dry yellow beam scattered cotton migratory blackened, curled on a branch, only a few scattered fruit bunches. Cotton has fallen off, the young leaves again ... <br></p> <p>It hardly resist aging <br></p> <p>Anh Huynh Van Huong, Da Mai village, Tan Xuan (Ham Tan district) come close to noon in the old orchard wider than 5 pole only 15 kg picking hat.Anh sad thing to say: "I am to take a few freshly picked this day is about. No doubt that this year's losses too. Late last year the fertilizer investment family, drugs nearly 4 million; many flowering trees, but experiencing prolonged drought, sun dry, strong drafts, with cotton frost ... so things fall out, no longer bear fruit. This service is estimated at 200 kg, offsetting some of the money distributed, drugs, loss of care "... Not only affect the orchard, the orchard small residential Tan Xuan people are sparse fruit. Many have several old cashew pole did not bother picking again. Along with that, stretching along Highway 55 through provinces like Tan Ha, Tan Nghia, Son My, Tan Thang, Thang Hai ... this plant in the garden senior citizens have not been replaced are forestry on scene. This season, more than 100 hectares of old districts are facing severe drought losses ... <br></p> <b><p>Find overlooking ... <br></p></b> <p>Mr. Nguyen Cong My, Chairman Son My Farmer said: "We have been focused towards people grafted varieties to gradually replace the old orchard. In recent years, unfavorable weather was affecting the whole social cashew productivity; Indeed, many growers properly grafted on infertile land, care should be developed further, bring high economic efficiency ". His typical Thai village 4 Increase Faculty Vietnam Cashew Association commended the national cashew good thing his 2015 Science Park of 4 hectares, which he cultivated according VietGAP how to clean. In the dry season, he handled things deciduous, canopy tightly to branches sparse, combining timely fertilizing, spraying simultaneously stimulate flowering, appropriate time. Thus, it is always to the left for higher productivity from 2 to 2.5 tonnes / ha. Harvest last year, he reached the garden yields 8 tons of things, the average selling price of 25,000 VND / kg, collected 200 million; excluding interest expense more than 160 million. This season, his grafted pretty well, not as something old furniture. <br></p> <p>Currently, a foreign company (capital of Germany) purchase of cashew in Ho Chi Minh, committed to purchasing the entire output of the Son My cashews cashew clean condition. Ie 3 years growers do not use chemical fertilizers, use only organic fertilizers ... fertilizer company has brought some samples of American Son Farmers Union sent test (land cultivation, fruit and cashews) on German expertise to product consumption. This is a good sign for American producers Son particular thing, Ham Tan in general no longer worry about unstable prices. However requires growers things to improve the quality of products ... <br></p> <p>Thuy Khanh<br></p>