Beware of cassava
Beware of cassava
(VietQ.vn) - Due to the high profits at many local farmers grow massively, even deforestation, accounting for all of the business land to grow cassava. However, besides the immediate benefits, farmers should be careful with this plant varieties.
A few years back, cassava showed a growth miracle when just a few years, the value of exports has increased from 0.8 billion to 1.6 billion. The strong growth was brought cassava reached the "golden table" trees that have export turnover exceeded $ 1 billion. These are not small numbers, pushing the value of export behind coffee cassava and rice. Even in terms of efficiency, added value and profit, cassava while surpassed two major export items this.
Exports of cassava in Vietnam the years has achieved miraculous growth
Exports of cassava in Vietnam the years has achieved miraculous growth. photo Agriviet
Mr. Nguyen Van Lang, Chairman of Vietnam Association, said the former, only cassava crops, subsistence crops but usually grown in mountainous regions. But now, cassava has become the raw materials for industrial plants. The old varieties planted now only a few people to eat. Instead of cassava KM94, KM98, and new varieties of Thai cassava industry that is not edible only inputs for processing starch, ethanol, textiles, medical .. .
When SX starch itself has economic value many times higher than cassava. According to his calculations Lang, starch accounts for 25-30% of the profits of the cassava plant, or even 50%. Therefore, new businesses are flocking to do. Second, there is time in the market price of fresh cassava to 2,900 VND / kg, now have lower still at 1500-2000 dong / kg should love their farmers cassava.
Pirates of land, deforestation, massive cassava
For reasons of profit so now, in many places around the country, both farmers and businesses are working on cassava. As in Tay Ninh Province, where most cassava plants in the country with approximately 70 plants, people scrambling to cut down rubber trees to grow cassava. Also in the Central Highlands, all statistical how many forests have been destroyed here to cassava. Only Chumomray National Park and Nature Reserve Ngoc Linh (Kon Tum), cassava deforestation is alarming problem.
Cassava export profitable so people and businesses rush to grow cassava
Cassava export profitable so people and businesses rush to grow cassava. Artwork
Mr. Mai Japanese Literature - Rescue Center Deputy Director - Conservation Chumomray creatures of the park, said, immediate resource that makes cassava bring people into the park without hesitation deforestation cassava. Many buffer area of the park has quickly turned into cassava cultivation. Three adjacent Ranger Station is Gok cultivation of cassava farmers, cassava extended deep into the core area of the park take Chumomray,
"The people of deforestation, encroachment of forest land for planting cassava is always our major concern. Although the park and local governments have the ultimate in handling, but the situation is still difficult to change when cassava is no small source of income of the people, "he lamented.
As is the case most recently Tens An Cuu households (TX. An Khe, Gia Lai province) blatantly encroaching upon the land of River Forest Co. Kon (Kon River Company), Binh Dinh Province to conduct farming cassava, causing frustrations in public.
Express their views after the unfortunate events mentioned above, Mr. Nguyen Van Lang, Chairman of Vietnam Association, said cassava itself, farmers and businesses are no errors in the broadcast on massive cassava now. He agreed with the expansion of the area planted to cassava plan is really big problem, but should be considered "hot developing cassava as today, the Department must find out the cause and not the manager to ban "shall mean the moment the ball is at the foot of the agency, at the ministerial level is both MARD and Industry and Commerce; PPC is also provincial and municipal majors.
Beware of cassava
No one can deny the benefits of cassava and cassava export offers. However, the development of major cassava growing area would be factors causing the desertification of land resources, soil erosion, localized flooding affecting the environment. Besides the DSO, the processing plant starch can cause great impact to the ecological environment, especially water and pollute the air. Only after 3-4 years of continuous cassava are cassava will gradually barren and difficult to develop.
Undeniable benefits brought cassava exports, but also can not ignore the implications of the cultivar
Undeniable benefits brought cassava exports, but also can not ignore the implications of the cultivar. Artwork
The other plants can not survive on the land area planted perennial cassava. Because according to scientists, cassava roots take the organic matter in the soil and releases acids that are harmful to crops, simultaneously hardened ground and destroy beneficial microorganisms ... plant.
Therefore, the need to develop a controlled dienj cassava cultivation, especially cassava industry. Brown went to the local need for regional planning oont cassava without expanding the processing plant starch and make good the propaganda and mobilize their people to clearly see the effects of climate cassava.
Phan Huyen (th)
