Japanese sweet potato with many outstanding features have been farmers many suburban districts of Hanoi brought into cultivation.

Currently, in addition to the general trend is growing flowers, fruits and vegetables to meet the needs of local consumers as well as providing greater consumption of urban districts, many households in the suburbs of Hanoi sought for his new direction, select the crops bring high economic efficiency superior to rice, Japanese yam is one of them.
Actually, yam has long been a major food crop, but the seed yam farmers in suburban districts of Hanoi cultivating low-yield, or yield okay, the poor quality of tubers. Japanese yam overcome this weakness both real and rooted on suburban land contracts when some households put on trials and has brought unexpected success.
One household at the forefront of the movement Japanese sweet potato must include Le Van Tam Village 2 North, Kim Commune, Dong Anh district. Previously, inefficient farming family not found a suitable plant structure. Coincidentally in time to visit a friend at the old battlefield soldier, currently live in Highland, he found their direction.

That was in 2009, when visiting friends, his family found only Japanese sweet potato that became better off, there's food to. Your guidance, his home, moved more than 5 nests were transplanted paddy and vegetable crops to growing traditional Japanese sweet potatoes. Unlike sweet potato varieties planted in the winter only internal, Japanese yam planting 2 crops / year, with a 4-5 month time / season.

For capital than 5 pole planted Japanese yam varieties, Mr Tan borrow nearly 10 million of you buy wire like in Highlands, buy fertilizer. Source manure matured, he self storage from grass, straw, mulch, seed yam Japan needs more manure to soil porous, with new bulbs so big, new high yield.

Especially as, Japanese sweet potato varieties recommended only high soil type, water, land at his house quite appropriate. "Thien time, local interests, people", right first service of 2009, he harvested nearly 6 tons of potatoes. Because no one has planted regional varieties, the quality is superior to local varieties should have just harvested, traders have to subscribe in full.

With the wholesale price of 8,000 VND / kg, total income reached nearly 50 million, figures his unexpected Tan, excluding proceeds from the sale of similar wire, artisanal sweet vegetable sources are also about 10 million. After paying off your debts, except the cost, he left over 50 million.

To promote the achievement, in 2010, his wife continued to grow 2 crops of yam, has collected more than 100 million potato price increased by more than 10,000 VND / kg. Apart from the family land, he hired nearly 1 acre hill on Soc Son district to plant sweet potatoes, contribute to create jobs for workers with wages 2 3 million / person / month.

From poverty, his family far better off thanks Tan became Japanese sweet potato. The last known, the way out of poverty and get rich fruit is multifold, just be strong willed and know which way to go efficiently.

It prospered as Tam, Nguyen Thi Hai in Dai Mach, Dong Anh district, just now "make friends" with Japanese sweet potatoes for 3 years on arable land 3 sao but was "the" Economists up a strong family. Ms. Hai said, traditionally, her only vegetables, rice, corn, ... on land that was so lucky to just have enough to eat. From the day the Japanese sweet potato, her family has a stable income.

According to our understanding, in the past few years, in addition to Dong Anh, Gia Lam, Japanese sweet potato with many outstanding features have been farmers many suburban districts of Hanoi brought into cultivation, acreage expanding. Japanese sweet potatoes which are easy to plant, harvest time not too long, stable prices, farmers choice is understandable ... /.