Binh Phuoc: Cassava Farmers Bumper

These days, to An Khuong commune, Loc District Hon Quan and Khanh Loc Ninh district, Binh Phuoc province, along the red dirt road leads to the villages, everywhere is seen cassava fields (bean tubers) Tarpaulins thousand, blue color. This year, the cassava harvest, high prices, farmers are excited. On the fields of cassava, farmers with boisterous atmosphere at harvest time. Households of each other to swap cassava which also harvested and sold off the crossbar in the shortest possible time to ensure supply of the market demand in the Vu Lan festival and the upcoming full moon of August.

Nguyen Van Tre glad cassava harvest
This cassava service, family, Nguyen Van Tre, Ba Ven live Hamlet, 1 ha plantation Khanh Loc. Enlist dry weather, the family has raised the fields harvesting labor. According to his calculations Tre, this year he collected more than 80 tons of households, with prices ranging from 4400-5000 VND / kg. After deducting expenses, household interest him more than 200 million. He Tre excited adds: "In 1997, my family left the Binh Phuoc, Ben Tre on business. Do not land to produce the family's land lease vacant households to grow cassava and stable income. "
Sharing the joy of the season with his cassava Tre, he Điểu Kuu, live hatching Need Le Khanh Loc said: "My family planted manioc 5 years. Season lasts 3-4 months but to bring high economic efficiency. I am excited because this year who cassava also have "cash in" ".
An Khuong Commune and two contiguous Khanh Loc, the main areas of agricultural production. Previously, people's life difficult by planting low economic efficiency as rice, green beans, corn. However, in recent years, people have boldly conversion plant varieties, including cassava plays a leading role. The people of cassava intercropped with perennial crops like citrus, grapefruit, small rubber for the long-term.
Although this year the weather is not favorable, but prolonged drought due process proper planting and care techniques season cassava should not be affected much. In particular, traders compete to purchase at high prices than in previous years so that people who are happy.
Cassava intercropping in orchards, crops become more familiar with the people in the area, low investment costs but high economic efficiency. Per registered varieties yield about 1 to 2.5 tons of cassava. Many years ago the price of cassava is low, around 1500-2000 dong / kg but people still profitable.