Mãng cầu xiêm được giá, nông dân lãi nửa tỷ đồng/ha

This year, farmers soursop in Tan Phu Dong district (Tien Giang) profiting hundreds of million VND / ha, while some households collect more than 500 million / ha, thanks to the price.

Currently traders to take the farmers purchase price soursop 28000-30000 / kg (depending on the fruit quality), up 7,000 VND / kg compared to the beginning of the month 2/2016.

Cause prices surged soursop in about 1 month was due to the reverse phase, the majority are small soursop fruit. At the same time, the state of the ongoing drought and salinity affected somewhat harsh on the productivity of soursop.

Traders buy soursop in Tan Phu Dong (Tien Giang)

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoanh (live Tan Phu, Tan Phu Dong, Tien Giang) said: "In the past he has 5 family (each of 1,000 m2) of land for rice cultivation but low efficiency should deflicted. By 2009, that many people around the garden give up growing rice grown soursop should boldly follow me. "

After more than 1.5 years of self-study, learn from experience, the group planted soursop soursop his first start for Hoanh first season. At that time, soursop is the purchasing agent for $ 15000-25000 / kg custard should only first crop he harvested six tons of fruit worth nearly 100 million. The next season, yield higher soursop, an average of about 17-20 tons / ha, as a profit from growing soursop each year nearly 200 million / ha.

According to farmers in Tan Phu, soursop crop is "disliked" local water but low relief, frequently flooded so very dead soursop. To remedy this, growers eye grafted soursop custard bowl with the root (a plant to withstand saltwater forests) should custard transplant trees grow very well. Every year, farmers soursop can profit over 200 million / ha, while some households profit of 500 million / ha.

According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Tan Phu Dong district, if in 2008, the district has only about 200 hectares in Tan soursop Phu is now up to 850 ha development, focused mainly in Tan Phu Tan Thanh, Tan Thoi. Currently, the garden or cultivated fields inefficient farmers are preparing to plant raised beds soursop to increase economic efficiency.