Lotus expect farmers with a stable market

Last time, farmers in the province of Can Tho City has improved earnings by switching from growing rice to grab a handheld mirror. However, the consumption of showers in the city depends entirely on traders. For Lotus cultivation of sustainable development, farmers are required to stand up now product consumption to help prices stabilize output products ...
Good income thanks to lotus
To date, lotus tree was planted in farmers develop more local in the city of Can Tho like: Mon, Co Do, Thoi Lai, Thot, Vinh Thanh ... sen in the city largely grown by farmers to take a mirror, but few varieties look or shower to remove lotus root. Last time, there are some cases where farmers have failed to lotus seeds must choose Lotus because of low productivity and less fluent in farming techniques. Lotus area planted mostly rice farmers switch from land and income rather than rice. In normal conditions productivity and low-priced handheld, easy farmers with incomes from 7-10 million / company / year.
Ho Van Tuan Anh live hamlet 8 Thoi Hung commune, Co Do district lotus plant is nearly 10 years. Thanks to the economic lotus Tuan family and many households in Thoi Hung commune were better off. Tuan has 20 sen is to harvest the mirror. Anh Tuan said: "Each of farmland for production sen sen mirror reaches Results 1 - 1.4 tonnes / year. With a handheld mirror price over time has stood at between 8000-10000 dong / kg or more, of which many times the price at tens of thousands signed, many communal farmers who have sen in average income between 10-15 million / public sen / year. However, harder lotus rice, laborious power showers in the harvest. Growers have to harvest rainfall for several months, just about 3 days is harvested another round. " Mr. Mai Phat Dat, living area Thoi Hoa, An Thoi Ward, O Mon District, said: "Because the season is the right time, just a handheld mirror price at 10,000 VND / kg for the old handheld and 12,000 VND / kg for the small but growing sen sen while maintaining an average profit of about 10 million / in rainfall / year. My family is the soil 4 sen, coming here I expected to expand the area planted 6 sen new public because doing better than rice. "

Small showers purchasing in Thoi An Ward, O Mon District, Can Tho City.
Usually trees planted lotus from time to time about 3 months and harvest harvest time may last from 3-6 months. After the harvest period, people often leave for handheld play regrowth or replanting new trees to help high-yielding lotus fields. Show type handheld mirror taken many farmers choose to plant in Can Tho City is lotus seed originating from Thailand, because this breed for good productivity. Particularly like Taiwan sen previously selected some households planted but failed and gave up no more planting. However, it is difficult to recognize between Thai lotus seeds and lotus seeds Taiwan. According to the farmers planting perennial lotus, lotus seeds to choose the good, they have to take the handheld for productive group to choose to buy seed and maintain them for breeding and actively annual seed exchange among farmers and employed to avoid purchasing floating seed, shoddy.
Need markets stable output
Currently, many households in Can Tho City is still having difficulty in cultivating lotus as this new crop was developed around 10 years. The problem many farmers who are the most worried handheld product consumption in city emergency showers depends entirely on small businesses, especially traders from neighboring provinces. Meanwhile, the growing acreage. Farmers needed at all levels and departments concerned support functions, timely connections with business and product consumption to help regulate production and be more proactive in terms of product output. Anh Nguyen Van Tri Huu Thoi hamlet implied, Dong Hiep commune, Co Do district, said: "Seeing people in neighboring communes effectively lotus, started in 2015 I boldly transferred paddy land 2ha Lotus and are harvested. Prices have plummeted due shower upon entering the season, while ensuring growers a profit. But with the price of rice output over time is precarious, many farmers are pushing forward from rice into lotus, I fear next output goes. I appreciate the business stand out product consumption, help farmers keep their mind ".
According to Vo Van Bay, Phong Dien District, Can Tho City, the last time he and the traders in the city of Can Tho purchasing a handheld mirror on consumption in the retail outlets in the city, but buy mirrors small handheld with limited numbers to accommodate eaten raw, not buy silk lotus (lotus old) on the city because there are no processing enterprises purchase a handheld like in Dong Thap province and some localities Other. Want to consume large quantities showers, shower looks households in the city of Can Tho old sen picked primarily for sale to traders coming from Dong Thap and traders buying goods for supply to businesses Dong Thap and some other localities.
Previously, many farmers who want to shower in Can Tho showers consume large quantities of goods to take to bring cold- Dong Thap Cao to sell to traders and collectors barn. Currently, there are many traders from Dong Thap to take Tho to purchase a handheld mirror, helping farmers more favorable in the consumption of the product. However, many farmers are not happy that output prices are unstable and decided by traders. Pham Van Hiep, live hatching 8 Thoi Hung commune, Co Do district, said: "Farmers want to sell handheld mirror just now getting an appointment with traders buying and bringing supplies to the beach to gather procurement was formed in the commune. The only thing to evaluate product quality and purchase price is almost entirely decided by the traders, many think that every little moment they drive up prices, also see more customers to discount. Agriculture People are required to direct businesses Tho to put the dealer purchasing and ordering farmers to produce ". In the long term, requires authorities need to step in. This is also a practical way to help farmers improve production efficiency by converting the lung area, difficult land to cultivate rice ... sen.