Massively growing sweet potatoes, western farmers encountered bitter fruit

Massively run by the movement, rampant disease, output deadlock ... make sweet potato farmers in western consecutive losses, piled debt.

Loss money bill

Binh Tan District, Vinh Long province has long been considered the capital's busiest yam West. Yet, during the past few months yam growers here fall into the extremely tragic situation because of debt.

According to the understanding of journalists NTNN, run by the movement because many people do not have land, have "risked" sharecropper places with large-scale potato production, resulting in a loss, the same way there is no ability to repay led to think vicious. Mr. Phung Minh Hanh - live in the village of Thanh Son, Thanh Trung sadly: "Sometimes I had to think of death as a loss too severe. Fortunately, a wife, children dissuade. My uncle very much suffering, my father rented 4 to 70 companies (7 hectares) of land for planting potatoes, one expected losses to over 1.1 billion ".

Massively growing sweet potatoes, western farmers encountered bitter fruit
According to Hanh, the current family is missing 250 million bank loan and a lack of trees outside 6 gold (nearly 200 million) to pay interest every quarter to 11.5 million. In addition, his family lacks agricultural supplies store 350 million. He is selling a 500m2 ground to repay.

Phan Van Tao farmer, living in Thanh Hieu hamlet, Thanh Trung confided: He himself had thought about killing yourself everything but a wife dissuade, not thinking anymore. "My family rented land 18.000m2 potato (5.5 million rent 1,000m2) This hole is about 150 million, if one includes 3 hole this year, I was about 450 million. In addition to lack of land rent, I still lack bank 240 million unpaid "- Mr. Tao coal.

Breaking planning

According to the CPC Central City and Tan Thanh - 2 localities largest potato growing area in Binh Tan district, many years, potato prices rose faster, at peak prices can range from 800,000 to over 1 million / quintal (60 kg, potato land 1,000m2 may reach 30-40 kg), according to which people have word from 400,000 to 600,000 VND / kg. Immediate successes, many households moved massively large area of paddy land into potato break led to the planning, supply exceeds demand, pest attack, prices fluctuate uncontrollably.

"My family rented land 18.000m2 potato (5.5 million rent 1,000m2) This hole is about 150 million, if one includes 3 hole this year, I was about 450 million. In addition to lack of land rent, I lack the bank 240 million outstanding. "

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dinh - chairman Tan Thanh Commune Farmer said: "Local planning where to plant, where to plant, but people are not still growing, not prevent it."

According to Nguyen Van Liem - Vice Director of Vinh Long DARD said: "According to the project until 2020, the province will be about 12,300 ha potatoes, but so far landmark figure rolled over".

"To mitigate these challenges, the sector has developed on field samples of sweet potato production VietGAP standards. The amount of chips will sell for a high price in the difficult markets, more sustainable. But by deploying less area (40ha) should yield no more "- says Liem information.